Song Quotes · Page 528

That's what I was gonna say. It seems like songwriters should express who they are through what they're doing rather than trying…

— Ron Mael

Sometimes I was in a mood to write a song as if I was writing in my journal and reveal certain parts…

— Madonna Ciccone

It was just the last straw for me. They are a multi-platinum band. What's the point of going after us?

— Pete Wentz

“Where science is a dignified waltz in three-quarter time, magic is an improvised saxophone solo: all gut checks and synchronicities.”

— Michael G. Williams

A song like 'Once You Wake Up,' is about that realization... about finally wanting to live.

— John Popper

In the past, my process would start with a sample of another song, and I'd chop it up and use that as…

— G-Eazy

"Like a Rolling Stone" [of Bob Dylan] is a kiss-off song like none before or since.

— Bob Dylan

I've never been in a competition before, and I said I'm going to go. I think - I just love to sing.

— Fantasia Barrino

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room…

— Vince Clarke

As a musician, I know that it'll take time for me to get to the ranks of an established artiste. Nevertheless, I'm…

— Priyanka Chopra

[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want…

— ASAP Rocky

I am so much like my mother. When we're in a room together everybody always comments on how spooky it is. I…

— Aldous Harding

I find that jazz loosens up the deep place of my mind, lets me find my own strange rhythms. Generally, I find…

— Paul Lynch

What Spotify pays me is not even enough to pay the musicians playing with me or the people working on the discs.…

— Beck

Jazz isn't dead yet. It's the underpinning of everything in this country. Whether it's a Broadway show, or fusion, or right on…

— Dave Brubeck

It's like these songs are your babies and you don't want anybody to think your babies are ugly! You never really know…

— Hillary Scott

I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated…

— Joni Mitchell

That moment when you hear a song & every word describes your situation perfectly.

— Anonymous

America is a song that sounds the best when we all sing together - at least for a while.

— Michael Josephson

“The only thing that ever came close to tugging my heart strings is music. I know this because that is the only…

— Hafsa Shah

To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.

— Keri Hilson

Remember, no matter how hard your life is right now, it would be worse if a song by Chicago was playing.

— Andy Borowitz

A good song's a good song, and well known songs take on meaning in people's lives.

— Ty Segall

The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.

— Alfred de Musset

Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.

— Mary Lou Williams

I've never felt that I was doing anything more worthwhile musically than when I was with Steely Dan.

— Michael McDonald

I want to be so giving and collaborative, but my best songs were written on my own.

— Linda Perry

A lot of our fans have grown up, but they've stuck by us for the songs that dig a little deeper.

— Benji Madden

I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very…

— Lynn Nottage

My grandma is very musical and can play piano by ear, and my grandpa was in a quartet in Kentucky.

— Noah Cyrus

I try to make my music have the quiet spaces of folk, the intimacy, and the energy of rock.

— Jane Siberry

On her Slave For You video: It's a very sensual video so I thought it was a good reflection of the song.…

— Britney Spears

I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll…

— Norman Reedus

When I found out that my mom was sneaking listening to my music, I decided to make sure that my music is…

— Flo Rida

You can play Bach on the piano, a symphony orchestra or a quartet of saxophones, but let's stop this silly, childish business…

— Paul McCreesh

“Izzy, Axl, Slash—and Duff,” she said. “What kind of names are those?” “Well, there is a guy named Steven.”

— Duff McKagan

When I hit 11 so did the careers of Dylan and the Stones. A year later it was the Who and the Kinks.

— Bob Geldof

The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music.

— Christian Scott

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

— Janis Ian

Most people tell me that what they are surprised about the most is that I sing really well, I always find it…

— Jinkx Monsoon