Song Quotes · Page 582

I will never underestimate the power in songs, most of my memories are imprisoned in these sweet chains of melodies.

— Trinity Chasara

I have a card catalogue in my brain of every lyric of every sappy love song ever written.

— Delilah

Back in the day, I don't think record labels were looking at Las Vegas too much for new acts, until the Killers…

— Ronnie Radke

I use whatever it takes to make the tracks identify what me and Guru are all about.

— DJ Premier

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

— Nana Mouskouri

How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody…

— Nate Mendel

Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius…

— Igor Stravinsky

Part of it is, I think, just to let people know you've got a record out there and that you're still alive…

— Steve Earle

With music, one's whole future life is brightened. This is such a treasure in life that it helps us over many troubles…

— Zoltan Kodaly

The people that only listen to one song from a record and flip around that much, if that's the only way they…

— Britt Daniel

I think '60s are appealing to creative people, because it seemed to be a time of endless possibilities, when the boundaries of…

— Steven Soderbergh

I think the audience for Limp Bizkit is probably not going to be particularly interested in what we're doing. I don't think…

— Walter Becker

We may have an excellent ear for music, without being able to perform in any kind; we may judge well of poetry,…

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Greg Ginn was certainly a huge influence on my guitar playing. I put him up there with people like Eddie Van Halen.…

— Buzz Osborne

I always had to wait until something hit me, and I could write it. But when I would cut an album, to…

— Kris Kristofferson

We were telling everybody we weren't getting back together when we were in the studio actually recording. We wanted to try it…

— Nikki Sixx

You know you love him when all it takes is one song on the radio to make you think of him and…

— Yahaira Ayala

I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards.

— Caroline Corr

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music…

— Peter Hook

Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

— Taylor Swift

My drum teacher was my absolute idol, I bought the same drumkit as her, the same sticks as her... she became one…

— G Flip

“Ashes have no fear to burn in hell In your heart's paradise angels dwell Rib cage fastens all sins of the wrong…

— Munia Khan

AI as a tool in music-making is fine, but it's always going to be the humanity in music that makes people want…

— Jacob Collier

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do…

— Adam Rich

I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I'm really interested in the record industry and the artists and the problems they're having.

— Jimmy Iovine

As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything.

— Maren Morris

Some people like my singing. But it sounds like bad singing to a lot of other people.

— David Berman

You hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start…

— Danny Elfman

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most…

— David Byrne

Sometimes I like to write the lyrics while I'm on the road, because then you get even more melancholy.

— MO

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

— Donal Henahan

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it…

— Nick Cave

I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.

— Jimmy Webb

Back in 1981, the chances of a punk-rock girl band from L.A. doing what we did was completely nil.

— Charlotte Caffey

Just because I'm playing Jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me the way I feel through Jazz.

— Charles Mingus

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

— David Byrne

Music is first for me. How the music makes me feel, it's like energy. It has to match my life. What's happening…

— Boots Riley

I'm always thinking 'how can I blend something?' whether it's musical instruments, voices, or the people around me.

— Daryl Davis