Song Quotes · Page 642

I grew up listening to Nirvana and then went through some bad '90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.

— Courtney Barnett

When I was 12 and started to take singing lessons from a woman, she told me that I would probably spend the…

— Johnny Mathis

We were trying to step outside the box. We were in the studio thinking and it sounded like a good name, there…

— Travis Porter

I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.

— Randy Bachman

I kind of question whether to say this or not, but it's almost like the Allman Brothers turned into an Allman Brothers…

— Dickey Betts

Creating the perfect lyrics is not a process, it's just something that comes in your brain.

— Jadakiss

There are a lot of reasons for a singer to get a film song. It doesn't only require talent, there are a…

— Rahul Vaidya

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous…

— Linda Ronstadt

Song thin = - = - == - = ´ female : such as coffee , if neglected become cool , even…

— Azzeddine

We didn't sit around the dining table talking about Madam Walker, but the silverware that we used every day had her monogram…

— A'Lelia Bundles

No one wants the picture-perfect song anymore. I'm trying to keep the beautiful qualities of pop - nostalgia, melodies, and the feeling…

— Bazzi

I enjoy the process of composing music. The first time I hear a song, it has to bring a smile to my…

— Salman Khan

If I hear a really good song it's like, oh man, I want to write a song that good. But the urge…

— Brett Dennen

My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her…

— B. B. King

The wonderful thing about rock music is even if you hate the other person, sometimes you need him more, you know. In…

— Bruce Springsteen

“bought a pristine copy of Man on the Run, a biography of Paul McCartney that began not with the Beatles, but with…

— John Connolly

Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format.

— Ian MacKaye

Except in these latter-day songs, [Bob] Dylan is a grizzled old prophet who's already been to hell and back.

— Jay Michaelson

I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a…

— Ed Sheeran

Bands have always written songs against what they see as wrong. Ronald Reagan really made for a lot of songs.

— Henry Rollins

And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.

— Kid Rock

I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of…

— Bobby Keys

Some people can only freestyle, some people can only make certain types of songs. I can do it all.

— Jadakiss

I don't quite know how the urban music category came about, but I suspect it had something to do with trying to…

— Chris Ofili

Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.

— Jens Lekman

Another important time when I feel most alive is when I hear a song that I love so much that all I…

— Renee Marino

There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful.

— Jason Reeves

The drum is the heart of music. The saxophone can play and then rest, as can all of them except the drums;…

— Jo Jones

We all have a song that somehow stamped our lives, that takes us to another place and time ¥

— Isabella

I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store.

— Tori Amos

I'm not somebody who can tell if the song is good enough to be pushed until I hear what it sounds like…

— Gabby Barrett

Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.

— Namie Amuro

Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of the reality, O Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of Calamities.

— Anonymous

Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.

— Colbie Caillat

“A friend is someone who hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”

— Carol Hamblet Adams

When I wrote the words and I have the music, I felt, wow, you know, this has got to be right. I…

— Stevie Wonder

I've recorded in Portuguese, too. I didn't set out to just sing ballads or romantic songs.

— Johnny Mathis

I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way,…

— Maynard James Keenan

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

— Mos Def

I have not made many conscious efforts to "re-imagine" songs. I just let them happen the way they're going to happen.

— Bob Weir