Song Quotes · Page 731

One day we'll all be free and proud. To be under the same sun. Singing songs of freedom like.

— Matisyahu

I can only write songs when somebody gives me some water to swim in. Otherwise, I'm a fish on the beach.

— Matt Berninger

I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's…

— PJ Harvey

Now shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue.

— Isaac Watts

To all companies please stop using Xmas songs and inserting your own lyrics. Write your own music. I am boycotting you until…

— Bill Engvall

Rock music is a funny thing: You can actually take it too far sometimes, and then it's not rock music anymore -…

— Joe Satriani

You really do kind of learn a lot about a person when you watch and listen to the songs that mean something…

— Tori Amos

I don't have to sit around and wait for the next movie to come along, I can go out and sing.

— Diana Ross

That's the great thing about being in a band: it's a gang for people who are too wimpy to fight. You can…

— Torquil Campbell

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that…

— John Lennon

“The entire incident might have been avoided had Willis more carefully selected the tracks in his blaring music playlist. “Sometimes it’s Diana…

— Brian Abrams

I love the Beatles, and when I was very young, I had young parents, so Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin and Jimi…

— Phil Anselmo

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners,…

— Daryl Hall

The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the…

— Ezra Pound

I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like…

— Sia

[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course…

— Billy Crystal

When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that…

— Dave Brubeck

I started playing the guitar when I was 8. Then it switched from guitar lessons to singing lessons because I found guitar…

— Ruel

I like writing songs. I like the camaraderie of it and I like touring. I love playing bass. And then there's free…

— Keanu Reeves

I didn't intend to make one solo record, much less two. It's really a matter of seeing how it goes.

— Lee Ranaldo

'Can You See' is a beautiful song that follows a story of the star. It's a very inspirational song.

— Ally Brooke

Oh, I'm not a very good singer, and that's 'cause I was always embarrassed about my singing.

— J. J. Cale

There's a lot of selfishness in this band. It's the reality of being human beings, I guess, to a certain extent.

— John Dolmayan

I don't even sing in front of really close friends. It's embarrassing. I don't really sing when I'm alone, either. I just…

— Kim Woo-bin

It's very important to understand how the trauma of a life drives the music to really mean something.

— Goldie

“We’d recorded Black Sabbath in one day. Sabotage took about four thousand years.”

— Ozzy Osbourne

Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the…

— Dennis Edwards

This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.

— T. S. Eliot

All of the musical projects that I am involved with are near and dear to my heart and allow me in a…

— Nathan East

I see, in this life, the hardship many suffer. I see the joy that music can give. How we deal with all…

— Andris Nelsons

Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way.

— Greg Ginn

I'm not just a voice who wants to sing on anything. I co-produce, I want to select who comes in and plays…

— Tyrese Gibson

You can't have rock & roll without drugs. You can't have rock & roll without sex.

— Rick James

Michael John's music is soul-stirring. It gets inside the deepest part of you; it's almost a chemical reaction.

— Kate Baldwin

I think myself, Jose James, and Robert Glasper are expanding the language - really reminding people that the umbrella of jazz is…

— Gregory Porter

First 2Pac song I heard was 'Brenda Got a Baby.' That was the first one. I didn't even hear it. I saw…

— Boosie

It was really terrific but Foreigner was nothing like Yes and that style did not suit our music.

— Lou Gramm

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them…

— Chris Brown

Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels…

— Lucinda Williams

The whole thing you're taught in jazz is the spontaneity of it. That's what I really love about jazz.

— Stan Getz