Song Quotes · Page 656

John was at his most relaxed with Ringo, who had him in stitches with his jokes.

— Cynthia Lennon

What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs.

— J. J. Cale

When I get home and turn on the radio, I hear songs that are new to me, but to everybody else they're…

— Chamillionaire

Whenever u have a problem, Just sing your favourite song... Then you will realize, The problem is better than your voice ...

— Melchor Lim

I'm not just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they're super-relatable.

— Shawn Mendes

Secret valentine we'll write a song that turns out the lights. When both boy and girl start suddenly shaking inside.

— We The Kings

I did like seven songs on Michael Jackson's Invincible album, but I might have done 60 songs to get to those seven.…

— Rodney Jerkins

I'm really big into lyrics in my own songs, so I look up to Drake in that aspect.

— Jake Paul

It's cool that our stuff is received as it is, and our stuff is fairly long. But from a songwriter's purview as…

— Adam Granduciel

In poor environment, I find great inspiration. Many of the men and women whom I admire as artists, the things they write,…

— Harry Belafonte

I say I design music. I can imagine it and sort of picture it. I think about all of the things I…

— Saint Jhn

There are all the offsprings of people who are influenced by punk. It sounds completely different - but it's still rock 'n'…

— El-P

I saw that something changed in terms of the way I approach writing. I don't know. Before, everything was just sort of…

— Alex Turner

It's a total big difference between a person that got lyrics and a person that can make hit singles. I'm a person…

— Waka Flocka Flame

I've had my fill of "One Way To Rock" or "I Can't Drive 55." Those are guy songs to me, and I'm…

— Sammy Hagar

I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore.…

— Sondre Lerche

I just was always singing. I didn't know if it was good or not, but my grandma, she told me that I…

— Ari Lennox

I listen to a little Marina & The Diamonds. She has a song called 'Teen Idle' that I really like.

— Lana Del Rey

I actually dream a lot of songs, and I try to be good about voice-memoing ideas.

— Ted Leo

Music is human vibration. It makes humans vibrate and takes them someplace else.

— Abderrahmane Sissako

I am not cute. I am the dreaded Grim Reaper. People fear me, you know. There's a whole song about it.

— Rachel Vincent

I never planned to join Black Sabbath - it just happened. It was back in 1979 when they were celebrating their 10th anniversary.

— Ronnie James Dio

If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.

— Jerry Garcia

Ain't nobody more punk rock than Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, even Little Richard.

— Fantastic Negrito

My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.

— Roger Daltrey

Music doesn't tell you where to go. It says, go find your own place. That's what it told me.

— Bruce Springsteen

It's easier for fans to consume one or two songs at a time. Not everybody buys records, so some songs can get…

— Chris Lane

It's like a dream sometimes, a song just pops into your head and you can't tell if it's something you heard or…

— Tyler Hilton

Rock music is the province of the young, and it should be made by young people. I'm not running around in a…

— Nick Cave

I know what it's like to go to a concert, wait to hear your favourite song - and then they don't play…

— Chris de Burgh

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to…

— Billy Porter

It's so great when there's a catchy song that's fun and easy to listen to, but there's also a real artist behind…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Music has always been so integral to my life. It's always been my work and my passion.

— Jon Hopkins

I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent.

— Rza

The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.

— John Cage

“As for the individual track being the “natural unit of music,” that’s a fantasy.”

— Nicholas Carr

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my…

— Billy Joel

Our parents came home one day and heard us, and they thought it was the radio, but our grandfather told them it…

— Barry Gibb

Certain social situations make me feel like a square peg in a round hole. Realising you can connect to the human race…

— Lindi Ortega

In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.

— Aretha Franklin