Song Quotes · Page 593

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were…

— Bill Ward

It makes you feel good when you do a song that, sonically, can fit right next to Drake. But our audience, they…

— Kirk Franklin

I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.

— Gloria Gaynor

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary…

— Ryan Tedder

Gonna travel, gonna travel wild and free I'm gonna pack my bags because this great big world is calling me

— Elvis Presley

You will have to look a long way before you find a bunch of scum-suckers more greedy, humourless and deserving of death…

— Terry Pratchett

I just look to make great music and garner the love the people have always been kind enough to give me.

— Amaal Mallik

A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.

— Jamey Johnson

Its just something Ive always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one…

— Guy Clark

The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute…

— Joe Perry

I have always loved jazz music and as a teen growing up in New York City and then later on as an…

— Tony Bennett

I did write more mainstream stuff with DK. But you could always tell the records that I wrote in contrast with everybody…

— Dawn Richard

Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky, How beautiful it is? All its branches are outlined, and in…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I would be quite happy never to play any of my better-known songs again. But unless you're Dylan, you can't afford to…

— Robyn Hitchcock

“Because life is a symphony it must have its C Minor. Days there be when we hear only a discord of sharps…

— W. Waldemar W. Argow

Yeah, letting go - even just musically, aside from emotionally - I find that quite challenging. Knowing the right time for letting…

— Kimbra

We're real worldwide, breakin all the rules she like a song played again and again.

— Iyaz

My voice is very distinct. People hear Tracy Morgan's voice, and they know Tracy Morgan right off the bat because I've been…

— Tracy Morgan

You always have to be diplomatic with music, with classical, with whatever you do.

— David Garrett

I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such,…

— P. J. Harvey

Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by…

— Phil Collins

For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of…

— Taylor Swift

That moment when you're singing a song and realize you've been singing the wrong words the whole time.

— Jordan Williamson

Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I…

— Trent Reznor

I really wanted to write a song like Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight.' It's just such a sweet sentiment. It's so simple but…

— Andy Grammer

“There is nothing better - nothing - than knowing that the risen Christ lives right now in heaven, singing over his people…

— Reggie M. Kidd

Buddy Holly was the geekiest looking guy in the world, but he had some really rockin tunes.

— Chris Cheney

Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“Even though I know it's wrong, you turned my life into a country song and I keep playin' it, on repeat.”

— Caisey Quinn

Led Zeppelin isn't done yet, quite clearly, because every year since 1968 there's been new fans.

— Jimmy Page

The corner where struggle & greed fight. We write songs about wrong cause it's hard to see right.

— Common

I'm proud of the younger Roland. Very proud of some of the lyrics. They stand up today. I'm cool with it, though…

— Roland Orzabal

I hate the business part of music. Music is just like the streets. There's loyal and disloyal people, people saying one thing…

— Schoolboy Q

I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then.

— Adam Oates

As far as putting a rating on music like you do movies, I can see the common sense in that.

— Rob Halford

“If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.”

— Taylor Swift

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

— Nina Simone

Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best…

— Danny Gatton

Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.

— Danger Mouse