Song Quotes · Page 703

I thought of Gene Krupa's drumming, his staccato drumming. I went and put 'Misirlou' to that rhythm.

— Dick Dale

I mean, there are so many of his songs that I like that I could easily do that one day.

— Bryan Ferry

I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

— Frankie Avalon

Rock bands don't really swing... a lot of rock is stiff. They don't understand the feel, the movement, you know, the jungle…

— Malcolm Young

I had an all-Fear of Music iPod, just versions of the 11 songs from the record. No other songs allowed.

— Jonathan Lethem

I love writing songs for other people, and it's an honor when someone records your songs.

— Ryan Hurd

I remember coming home from school - I couldn't wait to get to the piano so I could play and practice.

— McCoy Tyner

By the time I was about 15, I was out playing gigs and knew I was going to be a musician.

— Kamasi Washington

Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out…

— Brandon Boyd

When you were a teenager in Colorado, the way to be a punk rocker was to rip on Reagan and Bush and…

— Trey Parker

Music has to be recognized as an…agent of social development in the highest sense, because it transmits the highest values - solidarity,…

— Anonymous

The Small Faces are thought to be a one-hit wonder in America because we only had 'Itchycoo Park.' Then the Faces just…

— Ian McLagan

All songs, all pieces of art, reflect the world that they were made in and the values of those artists and the…

— Hozier

I listen to a variety of music. The only common point is strong lyrics; I'm more obsessed with lyrics than music. I…

— Lou Doillon

I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot,…

— Jon Fishman

I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note,…

— Quincy Jones

'Immortalized' is hopefully what music does for everyone in terms of emotions, in terms of experiences, in terms of being people who…

— David Draiman

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from…

— Noel Gallagher

The chief trouble with jazz is that there is not enough of it; some of it we have to listen to twice.

— Don Herold

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

— Gloria Naylor

Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.

— Taylor Hackford

I could write songs on the beach, but the interior darkness, we have it all. We have it.

— Tarja Turunen

I don't think we should speak so much. What if we were singing a song? We split, whilst singing.

— Jean Gabin

What keeps me going or keeps me wanting to do more music is just knowing that I can provide for my family.

— Amine

Bob Dylan tends not to have geographical or chronological markers that tie a song to any specific context, so they stay alive,…

— Richard F. Thomas

As a person who has a pretty short attention span I think of music like that, completely. That's why I can quite…

— Thighpaulsandra

I hate it when people say that they don't like 'MMMBop.' Everyone likes 'MMMBop.' Whether they like it or not, the song…

— Steven Tyler

It's not every day you get to create a band like the Sex Pistols, and what it changed, on a musical level.…

— Steve Jones

They look for the top note to end every song. They don't know what they are singing about. There is no style.

— Frankie Avalon

“He makes her think sometimes of a mouse singing amorous ballads under the window of a giantess.”

— Michael Cunningham

Who rant by note, and through the gamut rage; in songs and airs express their martial fire; combat in trills, and in…

— Joseph Addison

I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me,…

— Jason Aldean

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the…

— Conor Oberst

The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano…

— El DeBarge

There are some songs that when you hear them you cry! But it isn't the song...is the people behind the memories.

— Abhishek Tiwari

I think a lot of people are waking up to my music and some of the people who heard of my music…

— Snow Tha Product

Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.

— James Hetfield

Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time, but I would rather be off and be real and…

— Kesha

Youre my dream and my joy. My heart belongs to you. So I sat down one day and I wrote this song…

— Kem

Other times I say: I would very much like to try to do something with this music, but after playing for a…

— Jan Garbarek