Song Quotes · Page 611

Before music there was silence and the duet format allows you to build from the silence in a very special way.

— Charlie Haden

My dad was a drummer for The Mamas & The Papas, and his mother was in the jazz world, so music has…

— Ashley Roberts

I like to record alone. A lot of people like to have parties in their studio sessions, but I like to focus…

— Ice Spice

Music gives the inspiring, yet intangible beauty, a path of expression, a voice.

— Ellis Hadlock

I would never put any growl on my voice in concert - it's not the kind of music I sing.

— Josh Groban

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.

— Joanna Newsom

My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

— Kate Micucci

My style is part of the music I like, the bands I see, the people I surround myself with, the places I…

— Alice Dellal

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the…

— Utada Hikaru

'Finders Keepers' is guaranteed to create a vibe. If I'm having a difficult show, then I know I've got that song at…

— Mabel

Sometimes the music will tell you where to go. And when you find that place I believe is when you're just connecting…

— Natalia Lafourcade

“The family were arranged on the veranda under the grapevine, each occupied with his or her own affairs. Mother was knitting, counting…

— Gerald Durrell

My music demands something of the listener, it is demanding music. I think that's a good thing. I'm not chiselling anything in…

— Einar Selvik

I played guitar all my life, all the way through the Yardbirds, but I knew that for me this was going to…

— Jimmy Page

I think the reason composers aren't valued is because many act as servants rather than music directors. Instead of taking a stand…

— M. Jayachandran

I loved you, you made me, hate me. You gave me hate see? It saved me and these tears are deadly. You…

— Hollywood Undead

It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.

— Vic Fuentes

Often, with my uptempo songs, people get the misconception that I'm a rapper or something of that nature. But a song like…

— Sisqo

I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

— Herbie Hancock

If I had a good scream, like Frank Black, I'd be doing punk music, 'cos I love that.

— John Grant

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

I feel that through my father's music I've found my own voice in my own playing.

— Dweezil Zappa

There are a lot of singers, but they weren't doing it the way I was, taking an Adele song and putting a…

— William Singe

If you don't feel comfortable talking about really personal things in your music, you shouldn't do it. There's plenty of other things…

— Lewis Capaldi

There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes.

— Rodney Crowell

I like my music to be like a buffet. If you don't like this plate, there's another one for you.

— Romeo Santos

Some people come into your life to make you fall in love with songs you had no idea existed

— Hussein Nishah

If all I do in my life is soothe someone's spirit with a song , then let me do that and I'm happy.

— Gladys Knight

I've always been in my own world, even as a young girl. But I fell in love with music because it made…

— Snoh Aalegra

But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone…

— Keegan Allen

Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with your clothes on. I mean you know how to do it, but it’s more…

— Dave Mustaine

The best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now…

— Conor Oberst

I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.

— Eddie Vedder

I'm more of a rhythmic player. My soloing is pretty much limited to playing slide guitar.

— George Thorogood

I tried a Les Paul when I was a lot younger. I tried the Les Paul, and because of the weight of…

— Angus Young

All the song choices that we've picked are unique in their own right. They're fun, and it's really just to engage our…

— Zacky Vengeance

One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Without fail, every time I've loved a song and looked it up to figure out what it's about, I won't care about…

— Alex G

The thing about this band is that every member of the band is a song-writer so that takes some of the pressure…

— Joey Jordison

“The raw and natural sounds of Aero music don't subtract from it's beauty, instead it creates a rich soundscape for the musician…

— Jim O Rourke