Song Quotes · Page 729

“In this meaningless universe, we need saviours to cling to the existence and music is one of our best saviour!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.

— Amy Winehouse

There've been times on tour when people have said to us, 'Yeah, your band is really simple.' But it's really not.

— Frankie Cosmos

Yes, I tried to change the classical style in a way that people who don't understand it can enjoy.

— Anonymous

And you can't have an Allman Brothers gig without an Allman brother. I've heard people try to argue that you can, but…

— Derek Trucks

A guitar is a guitar. Whether it was made yesterday or 51 years ago, if it's good, it will stand the test…

— Joe Bonamassa

Fuck it. I recorded my solo song for fun. Who wants it? I'm just gonna put a download link up. The song…

— Danny Worsnop

I never have a genre in mind when I'm making music because I just like to be free. I feel that placing…

— Ravyn Lenae

I still hear you humming, Mama. The colour of your song calls me home. The colour of your words saying, Let her…

— Sonia Sanchez

Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days…

— Vera Nazarian

I wanted to focus on songs that I was inspired by growing up. I love so many of them from the last…

— Josh Groban

I like the jarring thing, both in the music and the lyrics. That's why a lot of times our songs have a…

— Ron Mael

It's basically me saying to the industry that I won't work within the walls in hip-hop. I want to put a twist…

— SonReal

When I perform in front of large audiences, I'm much more comfortable, because I've already performed in front of tiny audiences -…

— Alicia Keys

The era itself has nothing to do with anything. We weren't really attached to that at all. I just saw this thing…

— Slash

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building…

— Igor Stravinsky

Me and my family, we've all grown so much. I've grown as a musician and entertainer.

— Keyshia Cole

I happen to think I'm a damn good singer and people come to see me sing, not because of my background.

— Johnny Paycheck

Every day, the approach to life changes. And that's what music is all about to me.

— Rick Ross

But I love listening to my own songs and I know they're working well if I'm not thinking too much about them…

— Michelle Zauner

We just wanted to make albums where every song stands out and is different. It must not be the same track from…

— Chuck Comeau

The chemistry of making the songs is often about being inspired by each other and responding intuitively.

— Joe Goddard

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give…

— Aaron Copland

I just sing. I'm a singer who likes to sing, so if I find something that I do, it's to sing.

— Mason Ramsey

I think the first song I remember hearing was Joni Michell's 'Big Yellow Taxi,' my mom played it for me on the…

— Mura Masa

It's important to know the ins and outs of the music business, but you can also dive too deeply into it and…

— M. Shadows

“if only i could sing,i'd sing a song that everybody could sing along,a song to praise you oh Lord”

— K.O Kgosi Tsosani

If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way…

— Natalia Tena

There's just no great rock albums anymore. There's a lot of rock music out there, but it's very bland and disposable.

— Marilyn Manson

I think that's part of the creative process to disagree about certain ideas. But we also agree just as much as we…

— Carla Azar

I am impressed when music matters, when genres are broken, when spirits are lifted, when people make a difference, and when people…

— Nelly Furtado

“A real musician ain’t gonna choose his own guitar like an evil master choosing his slave. The guitar will choose his master…

— Brenda Sutton Rose

You know the way you tell your life story to a friend? I just told mine to a piano.

— Freya Ridings

I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'

— Gwen Stefani

John Bonham is one of the greatest drummers of all time. Feel, power, simplicity - you name it, John Bonham had it.

— John Dolmayan

Sometimes the song isn't strong enough to contain the fiction, because memories are fictions.

— Nick Cave

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and…

— Trey Anastasio

I have my granddad's record collection, which I treasure, and my father's - Rolling Stones to Sidney Bechet.

— Alaina Huffman

My mother is a pianist and vocalist. When I was 15, I was playing guitar in her Dell Graham Trio.

— Larry Graham

The challenge is to get everyone to respect music again, to recognize its value.

— Jay-Z