Song Quotes · Page 669

Try not to sing too many sad songs for yourself. The universe already hates you. Self-pity isn't going to help.

— Richard Kadrey

As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.

— Noel Gallagher

If I hear a song that I like, my first instinct is to find out about who made it.

— Chris Martin

It's not just a song I sing with my hand raised but also with a billfold I've laid.

— Johnny Hunt

The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the…

— Rabindranath Tagore

Artists have different stages in their career, from George Michael via Wham! to people like Kylie. A change of perception is what's…

— Shakin' Stevens

What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?

— Alphonse de Lamartine

You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker.

— Bruce Johnston

I think the most important thing about singers was that they were passionate and they did it on purpose and they meant…

— Lacey Sturm

Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed…

— Andy Grammer

It frustrates and fascinates me that we'll never know for sure, that despite the best efforts of historians and scientists and poets,…

— Isaac Marion

Brian Hyland just happened to be playing in our town and that song [ "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini"] was…

— Cassandra Peterson

You hear a new song, it's your favourite Pretty soon you'll be changing the station And all your old shoes are looking…

— Sam Hunt

I grew up singing since the age of three. Vocally trained since the age of eight. Fascinated by Mary Poppins and all…

— Nikki Blonsky

Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it…

— Kirk Hammett

In so far as I have any beliefs, I suppose I'm like that old Peggy Lee song, 'Is That All There Is?'…

— Peter Ackroyd

I played piano and was always in the choir. I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.

— Abigail Washburn

I like listening to Beyonce, and I like Jason Derulo. I love his new song 'Don't Wanna Go Home.'

— Jackie Evancho

I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my…

— Mike Stoller

I want my music to sound good on whatever people are listening - laptop speakers, those crappy little white ones you get…

— Jack Garratt

I think there are records that will sell, and I think what makes a record sell is a continuity of sound.

— Dr. Luke

I can't tell you how many times I've turned to Parliament Funkadelic for inspiration and actually just outright and replayed or sampled…

— Too Short

I called to wish you an unhappy birthday because you're evil and you lie and if you should die I may feel…

— Anonymous

I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should…

— Ice Cube

My dear fellow, my whole life is moved by the principle that the one thing which is more important than peace is…

— Robertson Davies

I have been singing randomly, obsessively, obnoxiously for as long as I can remember.

— Taylor Swift

Raydiation is more mature, reveals more about me personally and focuses on singing and songs that people can relate to.

— Ray J

The most rewarding experience as a musician is to know that I moved people personally.

— Lari White

It feels like guitarists are samurais. You know, I'm playing a guitar, instead of a katana!

— Miyavi

It's amazing how hearing one song can bring back so many memories and make you realise how much you need that one…

— Nishan Panwar

Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die…

— Franz Grillparzer

Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone.

— Jeff Tweedy

God is patiently transfiguring all the notes of my life into the song of His Son.

— Ann Voskamp

I practised for some two months for the 'Kaanta Laaga' video. I gave my best to the song and the success is…

— Shefali Zariwala

When it comes to writing songs, I've always got to be commissioned to do it. I won't write unless someone has got…

— Clare Grogan

Two tires fly. Two Wail. A bamboo grove, all chopped down From it, warring songs.

— Neal Stephenson

Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a…

— Tina Weymouth

I have to admit that I get quite emotional listening to the amazing talent that exists in the New York subways.

— Lisa O'Hare

The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one…

— Evan Rachel Wood

My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there…

— Joe Louis Walker