I'm tired of Glen Matlock saying he was the songwriter for the Sex Pistols. I co-wrote as many songs... but I don't… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you asked me to write a rock song or a rap song, I couldn't do it because they're not in my… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
I don't listen to my songs. The only time I do it is when someone points out a flaw in the end… — Atif Aslam Copy Share Image
Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well. — Annie Leibovitz Copy Share Image
There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form. — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
Singing intimately is almost like thinking into a microphone, so it helps to have the song buried inside you. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
The whole basis of the music is that people have these emotional attachments to these songs - whether they love it or… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
In writing 'Meadowlark,' I learned about using my own emotional experiences and filtering them through the story of another character. By tapping… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
“My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims'… — Samuel Francis Smith Copy Share Image
[Best original song nomination in 2016] should be Wiz Khalifa for "See You Again," but this is an amazing song and it's… — Bun B Copy Share Image
I feel like there's no subject that can't be sung about. I wrote a song dedicated to people with inflammatory bowel disease,… — Casey Abrams Copy Share Image
“In all that I saw, I was satisfied, for I could dance in the drops of water, laugh with the laps of… — Kayla Severson Copy Share Image
Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I sang in church at 5. When I saw the reaction, I knew what I wanted to do with my life. — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a… — Pepa Copy Share Image
You took a song that everyone knows and made a cool alternative version. Youre ready. Youre ready. — Randy Jackson Copy Share Image
Music was a thing of the soul — a rose-lipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea — a strange bird singing… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy. — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
We don't make music for people to take drugs to, we make music for people to live their life. — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I was 9 when I wrote 'Fate Stay with Me.' It was this fictional song about romance gone wrong. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Ultimately, you're looking for a soulful experience when you listen to any form music. — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
I'm sure the music is going to come out. I'm not sure if I'm going to put out 12"s or put the… — Beck Copy Share Image
Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.' I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough… — Liza Minnelli Copy Share Image
The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument. — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
“Metallica are too proud to dress up; their uniform is the uniform of their average fan, the teenage American slob: sneakers, ripped… — Paul Brannigan Copy Share Image
In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one. — Sxip Shirey Copy Share Image
A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the… — Paul Westerberg Copy Share Image
You know that song, 'New York, New York?' If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere? That's kind of like… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“The girls smiled and swayed as though Colleen's happiness was their favorite song.” — Lauren Tarshis Copy Share Image
I get loads of messages from people telling me they've been helped through some bad relationship when they've listened to my song.… — Jorja Smith Copy Share Image
I went right out, got a bass and learned how to play it. I stayed inside the whole time during Christmas break… — All American Rejects Copy Share Image