Song Quotes · Page 510

I'm not super superstitious, but if I listen to a song and then I do well, then that becomes my song for…

— Gus Kenworthy

Some songs take months to get right, but 'Let Her Go' was so easy. I was no more pleased with it than…

— Passenger

I think Americans such as Leviathan have done a lot to expand the sonic palette of black metal.

— Colin Marston

If I passed away tomorrow and would be happy with the music I left behind, I would consider that success.

— Justin Nozuka

Songs like "Spirit Carries On" really gets the audience moved and on the same page. It's challenging and all so much fun…

— John Petrucci

When I'm by myself, I never play music. I have a lot of it, for a girl, but I don't listen to…

— Amy Sedaris

The lyrics, the strings, the chords, everything comes at the moment like a gift that is put right into your head and…

— Michael Jackson

Don't judge my music 'til you've heard it, my life 'til you've lived it, and my heart 'til you've loved it.

— Nishan Panwar

“Gilded palace of Flying Burritos Excellent Nouveau Mexican Cuisine We all got to wear Swank-Ass Nudie Suits I should have known it…

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

I don't really write songs. They're just there anyway, chiseling away at the atmosphere, and suddenly they're like, 'Oh, thanks for coming.…

— Johnny Flynn

During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini…

— James Keller

“old, my mother took us to a production of Hair, a mirage of music, revolution, and raw penis; we gave it a…

— Alyssa Shelasky

My life has been the polar opposite of safe, but I am proud of it and so is my son, and that…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I think Mozart, with all his impatience in writing, would have loved it. It would have allowed him to write twice as…

— Michael Giacchino

Music is real; it's something you can touch and feel. It moves you - the bass literally shakes you and rocks you…

— Bijou Phillips

I'm sort of standing on T-Bone Walker's shoulders, Les Paul's shoulders, Lightnin' Hopkins' shoulders, Muddy Waters' shoulders, you know? And if I've…

— Steve Miller

A musician's biography is written wherever he performs; everybody hears what he is playing.

— Sri Chinmoy

I've always liked a very dry snare and, like everyone else, a very dry bass drum.

— Nick Mason

So my reaction to hearing this corny-ass, horrible song ["With Arms Wide Open" by Creed] is violent, uncontrollable, sustained weeping.

— Michael Ian Black

Everything I've done and everything I've gained in my life has been with my music.

— Sharon Jones

There are an awful lot of bands out there doing our old act. An awful lot of fake moustaches and underwhelming performances.

— Roger Taylor

When I was a teenager, you were either a punk, a skinhead or a mod, or you weren't on the scene. Me…

— Dorian Yates

I've used songwriting as a tool, I've used it as a way of being able to talk about how I feel.

— Calum Scott

One of my first public performances was singing hymns at a funeral for a friend of our family.

— Christopher Jackson

There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready…

— Mavis Staples

People expect me to do the classics, and it is a lot like playing a favorite song.

— Frank Caliendo

'Ten' by Pearl Jam is still by far one of my favorite albums and is a big part of what inspired me…

— Mark Salling

Youll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a…

— Dar Williams

“No record mogul had created Black Sabbath , so no record mogul could tell Black Sabbath what to do.”

— Ozzy Osbourne

The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives

— Barack Obama

Music is the voice of all humanity, of whatever time or place. In its presence, we are one.

— Charlotte Gray

I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do…

— R. Kelly

“He would much rather hear a piano being demolished by illegal bulldozers than a Mozart concerto”

— Andy Stanton

I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for…

— Gabrielle Reece

The Beatles are not merely awful. I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Pull to the scene, but my roof gone. When I leave the scene, bet your boo gone. And I beat the pussy…

— 2 Chainz

I can write a poem in 10 minutes. I like writing songs; I can write songs in 5 or 10 minutes. My…

— Shel Silverstein

My mum listened to stuff like Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos, but she also listened to a lot of '80s stuff like…

— Olly Alexander

I grew up listening to blues and rock n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite…

— Ato Essandoh

I'm certainly not a lyricist first. I prefer doing it intuitively and not really thinking about it so much.

— Daniel Rossen