Song Quotes · Page 604

I used to take amphetamines until I realized that amphetamines didn't go with being a good singer.

— Roger Daltrey

“I found in myself the heroine of every heartbreak song I had ever laughed at but played again.”

— Dorothy Allison

I think it's easy to make impenetrable music that nobody can get, and you can hide behind that sometimes.

— Trent Reznor

I have a fondness for words. On that note, I don't consider my lyrics to be all that great. I like to…

— Anoop Menon

We're not really an underground band anymore, and we're not a mainstream band, either.

— Lee Ranaldo

There's so much business that comes into play in the music industry, and honestly, it just got old to me.

— Sky Blu

I was 29 or 30 when I felt sure of what I was doing, but not fully identifying as a songwriter until I was 37.

— David Berman

Music is my time capsule. Each album reflects what I'm going through or what's going on in my life at that moment.

— Eminem

Nirvana really touched me as a teenager and started making me pay attention to music as a participatory thing that I could…

— Phil Elvrum

Everything sounds better when Billie sings it, so the only ones I'll keep for myself are ones that really feel just super…

— Finneas

Women have a natural tendency to want to nurture and take care of men. You always think that the guy is going…

— Emma Watson

“Bring it home? All right, let's bring it home. If you was hit by a truck and you was lying out there…

— Sam Phillips

The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think…

— John Lennon

I know the video platform so, so, so well. I know the perfect mixture of how comedic a piece has to be,…

— Lilly Singh

With Kevin [Drew], as I said, in his own way just told me "You gotta find that person that talks to you…

— Andy Kim

When you think about it, some people don't like certain things, but when it comes to music, no matter who you are,…

— Niall Horan

You must hear the birds song without attempting to render it into nouns and verbs.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've tried to use my love of music, and spoken word performance to create companion pieces for the book.

— Rich Ferguson

Naturally, in a band or duo, it's really about compromise which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

— Curt Smith

I believe words should amaze or amuse. Only then will the listener want to understand the meaning of the song.

— Gulzar

“There's so many,' Richie says. His voice is molasses slow. 'So many of us,' he says. 'Hitting. The wrong keys. Wandering against.…

— Jesmyn Ward

In my home, we listened to music all the time. I was raised through music, and I've been interested in it since…

— Khalid

Actors are almost conditioned to get their director's approval. 'I just did my song and dance, boss. What did you think?' Actors…

— Eric Johnson

You can change your emotion immediately .. by thinking of something joyful, or singing a song, or remembering a happy experience.

— Rhonda Byrne

I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays…

— B. B. King

A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort.

— Mason Cooley

Sometimes its not the song that makes you emotional, its the people and things that come to your mind when you here…

— Anonymous

Some people think my singing is superb. But they're mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much.

— Pierce Brosnan

If you wanna get with me there's some things you gotta know. I like my beats fast and my bass down low.

— Dev

“Steam Lodge Song of the Sun Dance Ceremony: A voice, I will send. Hear me! The land All over, A voice I…

— Frances Densmore

It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.

— Dimebag Darrell

I do think my lyrics have gotten... not necessarily more poetic, but more open to interpretation; they're less literal.

— Lindsey Buckingham

“Selling rock ’n’ roll is like trying to sell a house built from asbestos. It’s no use and it will fucking kill…

— Luke Haines

The mosh pit will reveal all the answers. The mosh pit never lies. -Norah, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

— Rachel Cohn

I don't know if I could write a pop song without at least a little touch of bite in it, and it's…

— Perfume Genius

Well, I have been playing electric guitar all these years and acoustic was something new to me.

— Gary Moore

My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form…

— Noel Gallagher

All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every…

— Charles Hazlewood

I remember when I discovered The Beatles with music and The Beatles peaked before I was born and when I discovered them…

— Randy Pitchford

The way that I write music is that I listen to a song I love and I copy it. And songs that…

— Matty Healy