Song Quotes · Page 623

Rock'n'roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things,…

— John Mellencamp

I love playing acoustic guitar because I strum with my hands to feel more connected.

— Ananya Birla

Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland' and 'All Along the Watchtower,' those solos are just so cool.

— Gary Rossington

If I had to give up reading or give up listening to music, I suspect I'd stick with the music.

— Charles Frazier

I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.

— Anonymous

A lot of people don't realise I came out of the Smoky Mountains with a load of songs.

— Dolly Parton

I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously.

— Colin Hay

It's been a long time the world's been waiting for this. Well Jr. Gong him come again him have some brand new…

— Junior Delgado

I did my gospel record, but there was nothing really of it. Maybe a hundred people bought it. But it's one of…

— Katy Perry

An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the…

— Howard Cosell

You are who you are. It doesn't make any point to go out and buy the Top 40 albums to see what…

— Van Morrison

When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find…

— Daniel Alarcon

There are times when what you do will be mysterious to everyone... times when you have to change directions before people are…

— Jeff Buckley

I am finding out that maybe I was wrong That I've fallen down and I can't do this alone Stay with me,…

— Paramore

I was a shy kid, but somehow I knew I would make it as a performer. I'd always be telling my mum…

— Nicole Scherzinger

There's a lot of people out there who have seen us once somewhere in a pub or heard our songs late night…

— Dan Hawkins

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

— Miranda Lambert

Live My Life provides a much needed shot of timely, thought-provoking, musically forward, irreverence to the status quo,

— Nomi Prins

When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.

— Jessica Mauboy

The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart.

— Sebastian Faulks

The music industry is in such poor shape; it's in a really bad way, and a lot of people in the industry…

— Kate Bush

He who sings a song to Christ in the night, sings the best song in all the world; for he sings from…

— Charles Spurgeon

Im singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.

— Amy Lee

I love having a major label behind me. Independent was really great to start off, as and I made some really big…

— Daya

Funny the way it is, not right or wrong, somebody's heart is broken, and it becomes your favorite song.

— Anonymous

If only the bird with the loveliest song sang, the forest would be a lonely place.

— John James Audubon

As I've gotten older I've got more bass in my voice but also because I don't talk very much during the day…

— Mick Hucknall

I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a…

— Ozzy Osbourne

I like really sparse electronics, lush arrangements, and interesting chord structures.

— Josh Klinghoffer

Jazz musicians have always taken the standards of their time and performed them with a jazz sensibility.

— Dianne Reeves

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

— Bryn Terfel

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

— Fantasia Barrino

It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.

— Donald O'Connor

Run the Jewels, our role is this: We can provide some music and some swagger in the face of doom and in…

— El-P

I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but…

— Sheryl Crow

You know that song that asks, "Why do fools fall in love?"? I think the obvious answer is because they're fools.

— Ellen DeGeneres

I see myself more like a novelist or a polygamist than a musician in terms of my output.

— Mark Kozelek

I think it's OK to compose songs and sing them about questions that we don't have answers to yet.

— Rene Marie

That's what metal means to me, feeling that feeling when you hear something that totally turns you on.

— Chris Reifert

Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and…

— Martin Luther