Song Quotes · Page 658

That's why I like the Steinberger guitars. They're easy to travel with... and they don't get messed up by the airlines.

— Allan Holdsworth

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My focus has always been on being a singer. It's easy enough to keep it private.

— Nadine Coyle

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

— Lee Konitz

Missing You' almost didn't get on the No Brakes' album, because the record company said, 'The album's finished. We don't need any…

— John Waite

My dad used to hear me humming songs while watching television and discovered I have a nice sweet tone which should be…

— Tulsi Kumar

My role in AC/DC is to keep time and to drive the band as much as I can. That's a drummer's role…

— Chris Slade

The songs are just an attempt to document what's been happening in my life. If people can relate to what's going on…

— Paolo Nutini

If I'm happy with the song and it's a hit song or not, for the rest of my life, I can hang…

— Jake Owen

Men felt a chill in their hearts; a damp in their minds. In a desperate effort to snuggle their feelings into some…

— Virginia Woolf

People were like, "Someone who made a song like this, there has to be more to them. I'm interested in hearing how…

— Immortal Technique

“Yakety Yak. The Coasters. 1958 Spark Records. One minute and fifty seconds of sublime, in-your-face, balls-out nonsense. Everything rock and roll was…

— Tristan Egolf

I basically am the only musician in my family. My aunt plays a little piano, but that's about it. My dad's mother…

— Coy Bowles

I try to pick music for a diner that doesnt involve a lot of lyrics, so you're not paying attention to that.…

— Amy Sedaris

I'm a songwriter. My voice just serves what I'm writing about. So to let all that go, I mean, bring the sensibilities…

— Rosanne Cash

'Wanna Be That Song' has everything I want to say about love and about what I'm trying to be. I wanna be…

— Brett Eldredge

What motivates it is life. Life is everything. Life influences my music and brings it forth. Life is always changing, so I'm…

— Lenny Kravitz

The equipment doesn't matter, it's the vibe you put into it. If the music sounds good, music sounds good.

— Madlib

It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about…

— Kacey Musgraves

So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.

— Elliott Smith

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

— Nat Hentoff

At times, yes, I have been typecast. But I love having a regional identity in my songs. I want to deliver music…

— D. Imman

“Sir, don’t make a bigger fool out of yourself because I promise you, if my car is not here when I leave…

— Jevon L. Mack

I think you can move to everything, but with some music, you just want to sit still. That's me, anyway.

— Chet Faker

There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.

— Beck

John Stowell plays jazz, but he doesn’t use any of the clichés; he has an incredible originality. John is a master creator.

— Larry Coryell

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

— Warren Zevon

Although the Beatles were big to the world, within the business, we're all very, very equal.

— Denny Laine

If rock criticism is to be a political calling, which has always been my angle, that's obviously not because it's a fountainhead…

— Robert Christgau

“You're like a song I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew untill I heard it again”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“I got goals that I must conquer, music is my life and for music I will suffer.”

— Borgore

We're quite traditional in that we prefer the idea that people can hear a song on the radio or television and then…

— Russell Mael

Because I'm pure inside, the music that comes out of me is a life-giving thing. Like water.

— John Frusciante

I always been inspired and aspire to inspire through the music. I feel like I've always made the soundtrack to a movement.

— Raheem DeVaughn

Only knowing one part to a song so you just keep singing the same line for the whole day.

— Anonymous

When I'm writing with John Leventhal, the music that he's written mostly comes first. And I'll write the lyrics and the melody.

— Shawn Colvin

Never stop supporting music because it will never stop being there for you when you need it.

— Hayley Williams

My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.

— Valerie June

When I get bored, I'll zone out, and I'll just sit in front of my computer and start writing any random song…

— JC Chasez

One of the things that was confusing about Limp Bizkit to some people is that our tastes were very different.

— Fred Durst