Song Quotes · Page 691

Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it.

— Jonas Blue

I have a piano in my office, and sometimes during meetings, I'll sit down and goof on the keyboard a little bit.

— Eric Garcetti

At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics…

— Frank Iero

I still don't believe that all pieces of music are the same price. I just don't think that's America.

— Kid Rock

I think some sing-songwriter music can just be very serious - after an hour and a half of it, you are exhausted…

— Passenger

You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak- that I think about it all day long- that I like…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I made my first song when I was 9 years old. Just beating on garbage cans, having people beat box.

— Ludacris

Found a band tonight called star city meltdown, needs a better name and to cut out the keys, besides that, they're awesome!

— Danny Worsnop

When some guy shows up with a shopping bag full of records and CD's and wants me to sign every one plus…

— Jimmy Carl Black

I almost gave up on 'Door' so many times. I couldn't crack it. It started out as a simple song with just…

— Caroline Polachek

No matter what, I will always hope for that day when I look around and can say, 'Oh yeah, I wrote a…

— Isaac Hanson

I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw…

— Ray Stevens

I've never mastered the guitar. Either I was playing it, or it was playing me; it depends how you look at it.…

— Jimmy Page

I think that our goal in Good Charlotte is just to be Good Charlotte, and whatever happens, whatever that means, we dont…

— Joel Madden

There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard…

— Gza

“We can hear your voice We can hear it through the songs of praise We can hear it through the birds We…

— April Nichole

It is vital for me to make progress as a lyrical singer since it also helps me to sing rock better.

— Tarja Turunen

I play the guitar when I want to relax. But to play the guitar, you cut the nails. So one day, I'll…

— Indra Nooyi

Boys are like songs: Some of them you like and listen to all the time, but there is that one you just…

— Alexia

To me, a song like 'Demons' or the title 'Trouble Will Find Me' are acknowledgments that you can't really plan for life,…

— Bryce Dessner

There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.

— Victoria Legrand

No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore.

— Thurston Moore

Everybody's mainspring is different. And I want to say this - folks whose mainsprings are busted are better dead.

— Margaret Mitchell

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the…

— Fantasia Barrino

I want a man who could memorize my favorite song just to sing it to me when I'm feeling down.

— Anonymous

The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get…

— Ben Harper

I am so unbelievably excited to share 'I Hope' with the world. After my 'Idol' chapter closed, I knew this song was…

— Gabby Barrett

I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money."

— Greg Brown

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to…

— Jello Biafra

I'll make music as long as I can sing and stand up and hold a guitar and I feel like doing this.

— Chrissie Hynde

This time, we went up to Big Bear for 3-4 weeks and sequestered ourselves writing this album [ "The Black Crown"].

— Mitch Lucker

People tend to forget that we tie our life history to music like the soundtrack to your life in many more ways…

— John Seagall

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

— Patti Page

Well, I can't sing like James Brown and stuff and go do a gig. I'm not a roughhouse singer.

— Philip Bailey

Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.

— Kevin Spacey

I do definitely like to represent my own conversational style in the way I write songs purely because it's the most effective…

— CMAT

'Summer Babe' is the start of Pavement front-loading their albums with the catchiest song first.

— Stephen Malkmus

I felt brave when I sang and could put into lyrics what I couldn't tell anybody else.

— Alison Sudol

Whenever there was a choice between music and anything else, music won hands down every time.

— Barry Manilow

I do really believe that all guitarists have a different character that comes through, that's a strong character, the stronger the person…

— Jimmy Page