Song Quotes · Page 522

Led Zeppelin sounded like nobody else. That spoke to the individuality of the band and the direction Jimmy Page wanted to pursue.

— Jason Bonham

My whole thing is that I make music regardless. Regardless of everything around me, I'll always make music.

— Madlib

For some reason, my voice doesn't age. I can still hit those high harmonies just like I did back in the day.

— Michael Anthony

Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystalized spirituality.

— Louisa May Alcott

Some music is supposed to be disposable; that's OK. A lot of music is fun for today, but it isn't supposed to…

— Robbie Robertson

The first record I bought was actually Booker T and the MG's 'Red Beans and Rice.'

— Paul Rodgers

Sometimes, I wish you'd pay more attention to my favorite songs because the lyrics sing words I'm too scared to say

— Bernajoy Vaal

“For my first recital ever, they gave me a cello. And for this one, they gave me you.”

— Gayle Forman

I always remain optimistic. There are three levels of music production: the majors, indies, and what I call "inties," music distributed via…

— Chuck D

Success alone brings expectations. I think that people expect a certain thing from Lloyd - that's music that makes them feel good…

— Lloyd

“Alternative Anthem. Put the kettle on Put the kettle on It is the British answer to Armageddon. Never mind taxes rise Never…

— John Agard

Nat King Cole's lyrics were speaking to me, almost like fatherly advice, when I was listening to him alongside the console stereo…

— Gregory Porter

There wasn't a cloud in the sky, no wind, and everything was quiet around us - all we could hear were birds…

— Haruki Murakami

I've always said the bass just happens to be the crayon I picked out of the box. I'd still be drawing the…

— Les Claypool

The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It…

— Gerard van der Leeuw

I'm an actor. I'm not a performer. I'm not like a song and dance guy who can take a cane and a…

— Billy Bob Thornton

As a band, we always took a really long time to make records, so unfortunately, we got into that habit of, like,…

— Ad-Rock

A band is like a marriage - you don't know why it works, but when it does, everything feels right.

— Nuno Bettencourt

I am a true believer that a record should not be a bunch of songs that sound exactly the same.

— Bethany Cosentino

The tonal is also endless and limitless. We like to think of it as being finite so we feel better.

— Frederick Lenz

I wanted 'Formation' to be a woman empowerment song, but Beyonce made it into a culture empowerment song.

— Mike Will Made It

Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a…

— Russell Smith

I just listen to quite random songs; I don't like really particular artists or bands.

— Oliver Sim

This is the beauty of popular music, that it is based on simple and memorable tunes.

— Ludovico Einaudi

'Peter Pan,' I think, was a game-changer. That was the first song that really had some heartbeat to it... I think that's…

— Kelsea Ballerini

The point here is that I enjoyed singing. I enjoyed the rhythm of it. I grew up listening to Louis Prima, who…

— Dion DiMucci

Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

It's weird that I like the music of the people who were on drugs when they wrote it.

— Hassana Raddahi

I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go…

— Bruno Mars

When a singer sings a beautiful song you feel it deep within… but when GOD blesses you, you feel it all over…ER

— Eddie Rothschild

What we like about women is sensuality, wildness, hormones. Women who make a song and dance about their intuition.

— Yasmina Reza

Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry.

— George Benson

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never…

— Taylor Swift

The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments; its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to…

— George Bernard Shaw

I was up playing violin at seven and translating that information to play guitar, piano at eight.

— Ronnie Milsap

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

— Bill Bruford

I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how…

— Bow Wow

I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to…

— Michael Stipe

“I want to write a song based on my own childbirth. Of course, this is all a bit premature.”

— Jarod Kintz

There's a little exhaust pipe leaking gasoline, and that gasoline is how good your music is, the gasoline is how you have…

— Gucci Mane