Song Quotes · Page 737

I think we had a Ben Webster/Gerry Mulligan record... that might have been it. We only had a few records in the…

— Jon Gordon

Let me sing you a sweet and lovey-dovey song. May you have a bonbon night and sugary dreams. Good Night.

— Anonymous

This is my own little rock theory: In my mind, Nirvana slayed the hair bands. They shot the top off the poodles.

— Henry Rollins

It's so important to me to make the music right that I didn't have time to be intimidated.

— Marcus Miller

I just want to keep playing music and keep recording. I feel like my best days are ahead.

— Ricky Skaggs

For me, it's always an organic process. I don't personally reach out to artists without the music being created first.

— Romeo Santos

The fact that I'm obviously well enough to be playing - in fine fettle and fine singing voice, yet I am not…

— Pete Doherty

Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!

— Eddie Van Halen

Our works in stone, in paint, in print, are spared, some of them, for a few decades or a millennium or two,…

— Orson Welles

I had a long distance relationship going while we were writing the album so a lot of it is about that constant…

— Caleb Followill

The first song that made me interested in music was 'Oh, Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison. It was the guitar intro, that…

— Geddy Lee

That's why 'Chandelier' was interesting to me... I wrote the song because there's so many party-girl anthems in pop. And I thought…

— Sia

I remember reading a book that was on songwriting at some point that I found in my dad's store, and just... I…

— Larkin Grimm

“The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called "Heart of Oak"; the rebels had writ one to counter it called…

— M.T. Anderson

Copyright's democratising effect is seen most clearly in the music business. Anyone who can speak, sing, rap or hum and operate a…

— Mick Hucknall

I have always struggled with expressing emotion, I used to think I was a very hard person but music has shown me…

— Roxanne Emery

Music can speak louder than words, and I will use my music to speak out on behalf of children everywhere.

— Judy Collins

When I do 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,' I remember my dad. He was the one who asked me to sing…

— B. J. Thomas

Stony Skunk, when they were with our company, had a song which I personally like called 'Red Light District.'

— G-Dragon

I'm the light skinned version of Mandingo, I've seen more Beatles and Jagged Edges than Ringo.

— Ludacris

Music is unique because you can get behind enemy lines a little bit, get into people's houses and into their heads, on…

— Conor Oberst

Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads.

— Dave Grohl

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of…

— Warren Buffett

I remember when I was very young, I read an article by Fats Domino which has really influenced me. He said, 'You…

— Mick Jagger

Most customers, by the time the musicians reach the second set, are to some extent inebriated. They don't care what you play…

— Charles Mingus

When my time ends, I want people to say, 'Man her music made me smile; it just enlightened my life; it inspired…

— Ledisi

My D'Angelico is a jazz archtop guitar. That guitar was made for Glenn Miller's guitar player in 1939. It's a '39 D'Angelico…

— Brian Setzer

I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.

— Robert Trujillo

It's silly to me to not be positive about rock advancing and growing. Really, we just want rock n' roll to be…

— John Gourley

I like to say, 'I hit every type of music in a show, and I play the people, not the instruments.'

— Dick Dale

I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it.

— Jamie Lidell

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star…

— Noel Redding

People think that the big companies make songs and their artists just release it. It's not like that.

— Henry Lau

I wrote a song at age five about algae on the pond by our house, then the next 'real' song was in…

— Greta Salpeter

I stopped writing lyrics down on paper after me and Jay-Z did 'Money In the Bank.' They're something I just hold in…

— Jermaine Dupri

Listening to 'Raising Sand' was one of those turning points in my life that really made something click in my brain.

— Aubrie Sellers

Musicke doth withdraw our mindes from earthly cogitations, lifteth up our spirits into heaven, maketh them light and celestial.

— Saint John Chrysostom

Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.

— Kara DioGuardi

I've got songs that sample 'Mario Bros.,' 'Charlie Brown,' the 'Rugrats' theme, the music that plays when you turn on a Gamecube.

— Lil Yachty

I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it.

— Dr. Dre