Song Quotes · Page 574

I started to like my voice - the sound of it. So then I started to listen to it as something separate.…

— Alice Smith

Jazz told people about the special music that came out of America and about America in general and this kind of liberty…

— Al Jarreau

The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep…

— Tove Styrke

'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'

— Isaac Hanson

It's never been our intention to sell millions of albums, but if our message touches that many people, then so be it.

— Mike D

We wouldn't have put it out with the name Queen on it if we didn't think it was musically up to scratch.

— Brian May

As a halfway decent college DJ, I had been exposed to some great progressive stuff and always took pride in unearthing musical…

— Mick Foley

You know it’s a bad sign when the theme song from Titanic describes your relationship.

— Julia Spencer-Fleming

Metallica is going to be one of those bands you look back on in the year 2008, that people will still listen…

— Jason Newsted

Well I'm not a storyteller, as far as telling stories which relate to experiences in my own life. That's not what I…

— Freedy Johnston

I don't think that just because a lot of my music has a quieter aesthetic; [it] excludes me from achieving that in…

— J Tillman

Every single day I wrote a song, I was hoping somebody like Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean or whoever would record the song.…

— Cole Swindell

“Because the road is rough and long, Shall we despise the skylark’s song, That cheers the wanderer’s way? Or trample down, with…

— Anne Brontë

I think perhaps people don't dig deep enough when they're looking for covers, so you get the same things covered over and…

— Tracey Thorn

I'm working on an international album which will be out soon, and Lollypop is gonna be a part of it. I want…

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good…

— Etta James

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

— Bryan Adams

The lyrics are critical of dogmatic belief, too, as I see it in many lifestyles and philosophy religious or otherwise.

— Mike Scheidt

Adolescence and early youth...the fires are burning fastest, right? And your energy level is highest. It demands...and rock is screaming type music.

— Jim Morrison

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally…

— Steve Albini

Composing a melody or a western song is easier than composing a commercial number.

— Mani Sharma

“love is like the piano there are black and white and must play both for a beautiful melody.”

— khaled naili

“The important thing about songs is that they're just like stories. They don't mean a damn unless there's people listenin' to them.”

— Neil Gaiman

A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

With all my songs, I try to pull from personal experiences, like moving and changing locations.

— Shaun Fleming

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

— Brenda Russell

The Perfect Gentlemen are perfectly delightful, musically superb and thoroughly entertaining.

— David Zippel

“A zebra is the piano of the animal kingdom. And I am the flute at the nudist colony, if you know what…

— Jarod Kintz

The only musical thing I'd ever do is we had family dinner every night and we'd clean up the kitchen and listen…

— Benson Boone

“I can’t help from drowning in your eyes. You make me wanna come and clean up all these lies. Let me up…

— Carlene Love Flores

A big part of the reason that I make music is that I want to be a part of people's memories -…

— Jade Bird

For many people out there in the world, music is the only thing that gives them relief, so it’s awesome to be…

— Richard Patrick

I take pride in lyrics. I take pride in music and staying on beat and being on key.

— Tech N9ne

I wrote my first song when I was 6 years old. It was actually called 'Six Years Old.'

— Hunter Hayes

They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.

— T-Pain

“To all those women -- strong enough to be heroes; fair enough to be ladies. This song is for you.”

— Robert Fanney

I dont no where I belong, I dont know what I did wrong. but I can write a song..

— Twin 2

You're either in music socially and culturally to get through life, or you're not.

— Shawn Crahan

As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or…

— Scott Ian

Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge