Song Quotes · Page 615

But at the age of 44, I sure hope to be a better businesswoman. I want to get the music straight to…

— Paula Cole

Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos.

— Victor Borge

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there.…

— Kimbra

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

— Andy Gibb

And she finally stopped playing their song, when she realized she was dancing alone.

— Boris Pasternak

Every now and then, a lot of bands doing the same kind of music will organically sprout up at once.

— Kathy Valentine

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

— Beck

Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.

— Steve Vai

I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent.…

— B. B. King

Life in itself has no meaning. Life is an opportunity to create meaning. Meaning has not to be discovered; it has to…

— Rajneesh

I really worked very hard to bring my voice back because I used to have a good voice, and to try to…

— Meryl Streep

If a life could have a theme song - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is a religion, an…

— Ayn Rand

The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you…

— Robbie Robertson

Love songs come in many guises and are seemingly written for many reasons – as declarations or to wound – I have…

— Nick Cave

There is an exquisite melody in every heart. If we listen closely, we can hear each other's song. A friend knows the…

— Sent In By Soumya

Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That…

— Buddy Guy

Doom hits the same frequencies that polytonic Buddhist chanting does, which is very hypnotic and makes time relative when listening.

— Mike Scheidt

“That's the thing about music. You get to make it mean whatever you need it to mean.”

— Jessica Park

There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.

— Leona Lewis

I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.

— Bebe Rexha

I'm very influenced by the work of George Martin and the string arrangements that he did for the Beatles.

— Tom Kitt

It's like swimmin' without warmin' up, yuo know what I mean? So [cackles] we use the drum machine, and we take it…

— Miles Davis

From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.

— Bernard Arnault

Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron…

— Eddie Trunk

I wanted to put a song out there to let people know who I was and, at the same time, help me…

— Morgan Wallen

I'd rather people interpret the songs and get whatever they can out of them instead of thinking about me crying in a…

— Angel Olsen

I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of…

— Tove Lo

“Intonation is the use of pitch to convey meaning in a language. It has been described as the music or melody of…

— David Crystal

One of the remarkable things about love is that, despite very irritating people writing poems and songs about how pleasant it is,…

— Anonymous

Anyone who's followed our band through the years has heard about the teenage angst.

— Benji Madden

My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.

— Whitney Houston

My mom is an elementary-school music teacher. For her, music is an educational tool.

— Lucy Dacus

If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same…

— Adam Jones

I am against vulgar lyrics. No one should feel ashamed while listening to a song.

— Jeet Gannguli

I think that the melodic piece of the puzzle in music is the most esoteric and difficult to quantify.

— Pat Metheny

My musical tastes - I'm always searching for new things. I know a lot of people say they listen to everything, but…

— Lzzy Hale

I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.

— Martha Wainwright

I want to write music that actually matters and to be able to make a difference through song.

— Jen Ledger

I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.

— Yukimi Nagano

I'd rather play in front of people who wouldn't listen to Slayer. That to me, is more like, 'Hey, listen to us.'

— Jeff Hanneman