Song Quotes · Page 756

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

— Stephen Sondheim

Sometimes I'll try something on piano and move to guitar, but usually that comes after scratching down some ideas for lyrics.

— Melody Gardot

I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there's so many different things that can make a song come together.

— Van Morrison

I decided to take up 'Shaapit' because Vikram agreed to make me sing all the songs.

— Aditya Narayan

People thought I disappeared, but I never went away. Music has always been a priority.

— Lisa Stansfield

“songwriters learn just one concept beyond the Three-Chord Trick from this book it should surely be the ii-V–I progression.”

— Dominic Pedler

Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown.

— Dr. Dre

We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want…

— Michael Giles

When you work with a band, obviously you've got to present them with something they can get a hold of, so it…

— Lindsey Buckingham

It was right after I dropped the song 'Don't,' and it started to go viral a little bit. That's when I was…

— Bryson Tiller

I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because…

— Herbert von Karajan

The Temper Trap's 'Sweet Disposition' is an invigorating song. It's my mental cue to let go of stress, disconnect from my career…

— Mylene Dinh-Robic

We [with Rick Rubin] would focus on the ones that we did like, that felt right and sounded right. And if I…

— Johnny Cash

Interestingly enough Miles Davis was an influence, and the way he approached harmonics. And one of my biggest influences was Dionne Warwick,…

— Philip Bailey

I am right at the bottom compared to everybody else with press kits and demos and trying to get meetings. That's what…

— Drake

I know my own limitations. And if somebody says, "I need songs for a cartoon garage band - they look like this…

— Beck

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

— Steve Grand

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be…

— Chris Daughtry

'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.

— Miguel

That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just…

— Matthew Ramsey

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

— Dr. Dre

For me songs are born out of the gray space, the things I don't fully understand, the things that I can't put…

— Jon Foreman

Live records of mine are very painful to listen to because you always think you can do it better. I don't think…

— Geddy Lee

I need a big picture. I can't just do a collection of songs; that doesn't work for me.

— Steven Van Zandt

I started off with the flute and French horn, and then I was playing trumpet in the jazz band.

— KiKi Layne

I'm not afraid to go out on a limb, style-wise or with lyrics. I don't ever want to be afraid to cut…

— Lee Ann Womack

I would sit in at a jazz brunch [at sweet Basil] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a…

— Jon Gordon

Mozart's music is constantly escaping from its frame, because it cannot be contained in it.

— Leonard Bernstein

The only instrument I know how to really play, and the instrument that I absolutely love, is the piano. I have been…

— Laura Marano

Christmas in the Buckley household is hilarious - at the family dinner, we all have to do a song, no matter if…

— Jessie Buckley

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

— Michael Giles

With songwriters like me who are prolific, you just write the song and then put it on tape.

— Donovan

Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

— Noel Gallagher

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out…

— Randy Travis

No composer has yet caught this rhythm of America - it is too mighty for the ears of most.

— Isadora Duncan

You don't know you've got a hit when you write it - because music is all subjective, you know?

— Jim Kerr

I know exactly where to put the microphone now to get a decent drum sound, and I know how to set my…

— Alex G

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.

— Ritchie Blackmore

There's only one type of music and that's good music, no matter what genre it is.

— will.i.am

A lot of my friends send me Snapchats of when they're in the club, and they're like, 'It's your song!'

— Zara Larsson