Song Quotes · Page 702

My grandfather was a church organist and would sing in choirs and was a musical genius to a certain extent.

— Jack Garratt

False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.

— Vladimir Horowitz

“The song of the banshee varies with the listener. The dying hear the music of the spheres. Those left behind hear something…

— Brunonia Barry

Life is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song

— Jamie Leah

Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

— Confucius

“Dee says that phrases in songs are like beads in a necklace – they should stand on their own, but they make…

— Emery Lord

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.

— Plato

The only thing worse than having a song stuck in your head is not knowing the name of the damn song!

— Anonymous

I am a firm believer in playing the type of music that compliments the song the best. If it's a folk song…

— William Clark Green

When you hear bad things about yourself, just put your energies into something else; it's no good crying about it. Just put…

— Janet Jackson

Dance and Provencal song and sunburnt mirth! On for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful…

— John Keats

To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It…

— Henry Miller

I have a song called 'Decisions' that features Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Common. It's about people who have…

— Busta Rhymes

I really enjoy playing the piano. I took lessons throughout middle school, but I had to drop the lessons. I actually got…

— Miranda Leek

I think "artistic" simply means there's more of the creator in the thing. Whether it's painting or song or movie or game,…

— Jenova Chen

As a writer, I never paid much attention to the length of titles. I've just wanted them to communicate the emotional overtones…

— Jacob Bannon

Music is a thing where, the more vocabulary you gather, the more you can express yourself.

— Eldar Djangirov

I love Phil Collins. 'In The Air Tonight' is an incredible song. I hope to work with Phil. He's got an amazing…

— Akon

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it

— Gavin DeGraw

I started writing songs later in life because I just couldn't commit to it before.

— Perfume Genius

If this word "music" is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization…

— John Cage

Knowing a person is like music. What attracts us to them is their melody, and as we get to know who they…

— Anonymous

Music is the expression of the will of nature while all other arts are expressions of the idea of nature.

— Rudolf Steiner

It's really rare that an entire genre of music allows an artist from a different genre to come and live there.

— Ne-Yo

Music is the one place where you can lose yourself and find yourself at the same time.

— Nishan Panwar

I have always thought music as a way out of the ordinary mundane obligations of life.

— Martha Reeves

With a pop album you can listen to one or two songs from it, but a music album is really an experience.…

— Dylan Baldi

Everyone's right or wrong, Everyone's got an opinion, put them in a song and let me keep on living.

— Matisyahu

I must have been five or six when I realised all the stuff I was writing made sense with what I was…

— Mabel

The record companies don't give you a chance, like in the old days when they went, 'Here's a pile of money. Go…

— Till Lindemann

In case you're wondering whether I lip synch, the answer is no... people think so because I sound so good.

— Lady Gaga

It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And…

— Kerry King

Tears of joy over what I love. Not afraid to say that I'm beyond proud of the music I've been making and…

— Diggy Simmons

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and…

— Gabby Barrett

I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it.

— Noel Gallagher

It's quite funny that, 20 years ago, one would have thought putting out a fragrance would [negatively] affect your musical credibility. Now…

— Bryan Ferry

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!

— Richard Marx

I didn't hate Nirvana. That was more of a media-constructed this-versus-that thing.

— Bret Michaels

I started a big band when grunge was popular. I mean, that didn't make much sense.

— Brian Setzer

My music is constantly changing because I am. I'm writing it and changing as I'm writing.

— Anne-Marie