Song Quotes · Page 728

I just want to make music that matters, that people will remember for a long time.

— G-Eazy

I have over 150 or 200 records recorded. We have so many EP's and LP's. It's just picking the best records to…

— Tony Sunshine

I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.

— George Michael

Sitting in a room being forced to listen to 'The Chanukah Song' over and over." [on his idea of Hell]

— Adam Sandler

Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are in this band.

— Alex Van Halen

I love singing with my mouth open. And I'm actually able to sing even better that way.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

I have a favorite blue Telecaster. It's an old '60-something, which I play at every show. That's probably my favorite all-around stage…

— Nancy Wilson

World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.

— St. Lucia

[What I want to communicate] doesn't have a language with which I can communicate it. The things that I want to communicate…

— Jeff Buckley

There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just…

— Travis Morrison

Sometimes it's nice to try different instruments because they have a different sound to offer and therefore your approach changes a little…

— McCoy Tyner

Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative…

— Lupe Fiasco

I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who…

— David Bowie

I use the music almost as a compass in some kind of quasi-romantic way. I try and go to places that I'm…

— Robert Plant

“Sad Songs Once there was a boy who couldn't speak but owned a music box that held every song in all the…

— Lang Leav

There is an idea that you can take the spiritual teachings of a religion outside of a religion and practice them; these…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

All in all it was my intention to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of…

— Chuck Berry

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

— Pat Metheny

I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.

— Matt Tong

Music is only special when it's coming from a genuine place - it's just energy trapped in a bottle.

— G-Eazy

“Music enters through the ear, not the penis hole. This is probably a common mistake most deaf men make.”

— Jarod Kintz

Life is like a song it tells a story and it may be good at times and bad at others

— Andrea Ball

I've always loved melody and pop hooks, slightly left of centre but I have always tried to balance it with songs that…

— James Righton

Music will always be a part of my life. I love music and I don't care how many units I sell.

— Alanis Morissette

Every album I release I find out more about myself, my true colours and flavour in music. It's a part of my…

— Jackson Wang

The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my…

— David Lehman

I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool.

— Billy Preston

If you've followed us from when we started playing live in October 2010, you will notice that there has been numerous changes…

— Tobias Forge

I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of…

— Dimebag Darrell

Music is something all people could relate to. It can make you feel sad, happy, or excited. Music is really people telling…

— Anonymous

People don't really buy records anymore, so record companies won't invest in bands like us. They want cookie-cutter acts.

— Curt Smith

I have been a huge, huge fan of music ever since I was a kid. Anything to do with music inspires me.

— Amit Trivedi

Jazz drummers traditionally are not always prepared to just hold down the beat; it's like they're soloing the whole time.

— Steven Wilson

I want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer's block.

— Frank Ocean

“Punk is an attitude. Hardcore is a lifestyle. the first seeks to subvert society. The second aims to live outside of it.”

— Everett True

Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.

— Pat Conroy

Music is what I always turn to when Im feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything.

— Anonymous

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now…

— Elvis Presley

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

— Joe Perry

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more…

— Igor Stravinsky