Song Quotes · Page 645

The packaging has to really sell the product today, because kids can go out and buy a CD and then 10 kids…

— Anonymous

People are getting ready for music that makes them feel happy again rather than being depressed at the way the world is…

— Estelle

You do [jazz] because you love it and hope many some others may as well. You do this because you need it.

— Jon Gordon

A musician carries the music within him. He needs no specific instrument. he is the music.

— Marlo Morgan

“If I listened to all the noise in the world I would have many standards to conform to But the zeal to…

— Priscilla Koranteng

Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any writer.

— Henry Louis Gates

Well, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles.

— Mel Tillis

I've always found music that is carnal very attractive but not in the most obvious way.

— Brian Molko

It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they…

— Anonymous

I dread naming pieces of music because being instrumental, most of the time the songs that I write are instrumental, I want…

— Yanni

When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and…

— Anonymous

I can't say I was consciously thinking of the big changes in the music business when I was writing the lyrics, but…

— Rivers Cuomo

Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van…

— Phil Anselmo

When you're so close to winning and you have to stand on the podium and listen to someone else's anthem, it leaves…

— Eddy Alvarez

I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to…

— Shakira

Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics -…

— Queen Latifah

We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.

— Barry White

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.

— Sun Ra

“The glances musicians exchange, when music is effortless, that was what he wanted from Milly, that intimacy.”

— David Mitchell

I once asked Axl why he left the 'E' off his name. He started crying and said he thought he'd spelled it…

— Slash

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret…

— Martina McBride

I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.

— Enya

My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have…

— John Henrik Clarke

All I've ever wanted to do is master my craft. I'm a singer, and I want to be a great singer.

— Leo Sayer

A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten…

— Tori Amos

Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is…

— Carlos Santana

“You may be sure that a question which requires music for an answer can't be put into words. ”

— David Lindsay

That's how life is: there are peaks and valleys in life, and that's how I like to write songs.

— Mark Foster

I think that when I started singing, I didn't know what I wanted to do; I only knew what I didn't want…

— Dianne Reeves

“We’ll have music, such sweet music, and wine, heh, the red will run, and we’ll put some wrongs aright.”

— George R.R. Martin

'Big Love' was originally an ensemble song, but it's done now as a single guitar piece.

— Lindsey Buckingham

It's emotional blackmail to say if you're a good businesswoman and a musician, you're betraying your music.

— Tori Amos

O fret not after knowledge - I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after…

— John Keats

I hate it when I'm singing a song and someone joins in! Please, this isn't Glee!

— Anonymous

Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however,…

— Alfred Einstein

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to…

— Don Henley

Every eye sees its own special vision; every ear hears a most different song. In each man's troubled heart, and incision would…

— Dean Koontz

I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a…

— Craig Finn

My hope is that no matter your mood there is [on a Joyride albom] a song on there that speaks to you.

— Tinashe

There was a time when melody was the most important feature in any song. But with time, music underwent a major transition.

— Kumar Sanu