Song Quotes · Page 766

Songs like 'Party Hard' were written to make people feel in touch with their greatest potential.

— Andrew W.K

I have a hard time making a linear-idea song, because that's not the way my thoughts work.

— Oneohtrix Point Never

Static-X had a great run. We did everything we wanted to do and everyone wanted to do their own thing for a…

— Wayne Static

Writer babe you could be the quote. If I'm the lyric baby you could be the note. Record that!

— Miguel Jontel

If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

— Gustav Mahler

The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I…

— Confucius

People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing.

— Kurt Vile

I think I'm a mama's boy who wanted to be a hockey player, who failed, and had to become a singer. I…

— Michael Buble

For me, my favorite Mariah Carey songs were never the singles, ever. My favorite Mariah song of all time is 'Sent From…

— Michelle Visage

I have the most eclectic music taste out there. I can be listening to an indie pop song just as easily as…

— Jennifer Hyman

The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it…

— Lindsey Buckingham

When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to…

— Snoop Dogg

That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs.…

— Reba McEntire

Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a…

— Zooey Deschanel

In the largest sense, every work of art is protest... A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it... A…

— Pete Seeger

There has been a ton of excellent music in this period (along with a few misses), evoking scenes like a bar-room brawl…

— Jay Michaelson

Before the money or anything, number one, it was just to put out real music, real stuff with a passion, real art.

— Lil B

Any band on their first couple records is just trying to keep up with their inspiration.

— Anonymous

My songs are my girlfriends. I have a secret romance with all of them. I romance with them year after year.

— Adnan Sami

The only thing that makes sense to me that I've learnt over the years is knocking tunes together.

— Pete Doherty

Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.

— Scott Ian

Sometimes the song that takes the littlest amount of time are sometimes the best songs you ever do.

— Jonathan McReynolds

The band is all about 'party'; we're a glam band. To turn it into something else... it hasn't worked.

— Jani Lane

There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah,

— Townes Van Zandt

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to…

— Tommy Shaw

As much as I remember, I just thought, I want to sing a song that starts normal and ends crazy.

— Steve Martin

The Smashing Pumpkins was never meant to be a small band. It was going to either be a big band, or a…

— Billy Corgan

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

— Theodore Bikel

My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about…

— Rob Bell

I can't see myself ever having somebody say something about me on a song and me being like, 'All right, now I'm…

— Chance The Rapper

I can never stop thanking God because my music influences people in their respective lives.

— Adnan Sami

We became one of those bands that could be around forever like Slayer. We can go on as long as we want…

— Wayne Static

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs…

— Kenny Rogers

This is something I love to do. I've never had any other job. I love singing and entertaining.

— Stephanie Mills

We really do get along, I think because we have a bit of respect for each other being in a band. But,…

— Kevin Jonas

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my…

— Jeff Beck

Warm skies, the stars are listening. Country night sings her song. Fireflies light the distance. Making me want to sing along.

— Ruthie Foster

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

— George Crumb

When Nirvana hit it big, it was overwhelming because we were part of the counterculture. Nirvana didn't go to the mainstream -…

— Krist Novoselic

I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.

— Taylor Momsen