Song Quotes · Page 517

I really like Holly Williams. I've said that a bunch, but her song 'Drinkin',' I just love it.

— Jamie Lynn Spears

Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make…

— Lily Allen

I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.

— Oscar Peterson

I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.

— Idina Menzel

For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.

— Washed Out

I think I see a lot of artists struggling to make their first album perfect, and I've been there.

— Syd

Listening to music is like the best thing in the world, but writing those songs makes my feelings come out

— Shar-rae

Any time I think of the song 'Better,' I remember how we recorded it with a microphone in a shoe to keep…

— Gracie Abrams

I have always been thinking about the sounds and shades and aromas of words - fitting them together or disrupting their customary…

— Robert Pinsky

When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn't believe…

— Dick Dale

I think music is just a great place to focus your energy and your feelings. If you're young, you can take all…

— Ali Koehler

There's not one thing in particular that influences my music, but I write about what I know. It's based in personal experience.…

— Holly Golightly

I'm a little left of center, for sure, with Angels & Airwaves. But even when I get really weird, it's not that…

— Tom DeLonge

I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. I don't take anything back,…

— Ian MacKaye

I want a love like Johnny and June Rings of fire burnin' with you I wanna walk the line, walk the line…

— Heidi Newfield

If you think about it, when you listen to music, music makes you cry. It makes you happy. It makes you dance.…

— Zak Bagans

Music is nostalgia. We often connect to a song, to its lyrics, its tunes so much that it feels like we have…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Songs Like Mony Mony aren't really written, they're sort of hanging in space - waiting to be found - I'm just thankful…

— Tommy James

“You're not gonna start writing 'Hardy loves Miracle' all over your notebooks, are you? Sing her a song and post it on…

— M. Leighton

I feel like, when we are young, especially, while we are experiencing so many 'firsts,' when songs move us, we recall exactly…

— Walker Hayes

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!

— Francine Pascal

I have a thing: I will always put money in for any street musician anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world.…

— Andy Grammer

I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.

— Alan Jackson

I'm always excited to make the next album because I definitely get sick of my work the second it gets out there.

— Chelsea Wolfe

Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the…

— Gaston Leroux

How do we make a record that's true to the vibe of the band but still maintain the pace of moving forward…

— Andy Biersack

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love…

— Adele

My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles.

— David Jason

It's arguable whether a hit song is gonna add to the business a film does. There are plenty of films that didn't…

— John Hughes

I think people psych themselves out before they listen to jazz a lot, thinking that they have to, like, put on a…

— Kamasi Washington

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

— Renee Fleming

Sure, I've thought about retiring, but in my mind, if you can't sing the song anymore, change the song and sing a…

— Johnny Mathis

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All…

— Ed Sheeran

There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get…

— Valerie Simpson

I grew up in the day when the Beatles sold 1 million singles in a week. And all you've got to do…

— Phil Collins

Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll... take out the drugs and you've got more time for the other two.

— Steven Tyler

When I hear my songs I be feeling like Braun. No Corey Matthews, I be feeling like Sean.

— Dom Kennedy

Places I love come back to me like music, / Hush me and heal me when I am very tired.

— Sara Teasdale

Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation.…

— Glen Hansard