Song Quotes · Page 776

I think artists are entitled to their songs. I'm very vocal and I understand that not everybody's gonna like me; it's not…

— Jean Grae

I always played around with writing songs, but when you're spending a lot of time in bars, you have a lot of…

— Dave Gahan

“I remember saying to Tony [Iommi], ‘Did you hear how heavy that Led Zeppelin album sounded?’ Without missing a beat, he replied,…

— Ozzy Osbourne

Every girl wants songs written about her. Even the most hardened tattoo-covered punk rock girl would love a nice ballad written for…

— Eef Barzelay

You better go to someone else for words. All I know is, there are some drums that sound good together and some…

— Anonymous

Sometimes a song just has to cater to whatever's goin' on. A well-written song is a song that stays true to the…

— Dolly Parton

I am such an admirer of the Bedell Guitars instruments and its stewardship to respect Mother Nature and every individual tree used…

— Lorrie Morgan

For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Becuase all you had to do, really, was be willing…

— Holly Goldberg Sloan

I would have paid out royalties if we were still working together, carrying on Bob's tradition and generating income, but that was…

— Rita Marley

You have to keep going. The main attention is for us to stay alive and stay a band. You only really become…

— Dan Hawkins

That rock and roll, eh? That rock and roll, it just won't go away. It might hibernate from time to time, sink…

— Alex Turner

When I’m creating at the piano, I tend to feel happy; but - the eternal dilemma - how can we be happy…

— Nino Rota

I've discovered people in my lifetime who are like, 'I always wanted to sing but... ' It's like, 'Well then, did you…

— Brian Tyree Henry

There's something about being onstage, singing my lyrics to somebody and them either listening and receiving them, or singing them back to…

— Cassadee Pope

Nah, I don't really never second-guess myself, but just when 'Flex' was first released it was leaked. So with leaked songs, I…

— Rich Homie Quan

“These kids don't have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don't have a little sister coughing her lungs out…

— Utah Phillips

I feel like Drake could literally put out anything - like, the sound of seagulls over a beat - and it could…

— Lauv

My mother had a gorgeous singing voice, and she'd play these amazing vinyls. My favorite was 'But Not for Me,' on the…

— Brian Tyree Henry

To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it - this is, in truth,…

— Charles Spurgeon

I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that.

— John Eaton

I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a female or a…

— Sam Smith

I only found out about Eminem getting on the track like a month ago. As if the song couldn't get any better.…

— Hayley Williams

“A pop song that's as substantial as a balloon, but lifts us up the same way when we sing it.”

— David Levithan

I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and…

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

I still like weird music but there's such an overabundance that it's hard for me to stay enthusiastic about it.

— Girl Talk

The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to…

— Jose Mourinho

Aside from purely technical analysis, nothing can be said about music, except when it is bad; when it is good, one can…

— W. H. Auden

I love music so much, and as long as I got all this enthusiasm and ambition, and passion for this music; as…

— Paul Wall

I like to take music from everywhere and put it in my style and let it be accepted.

— Flo Rida

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and…

— Stephen Sondheim

Despite not having big hits while we were performing, over the years, we've ended up selling a lot of records.

— Marky Ramone

I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the…

— D. B. Sweeney

We spend more time on the road and when we cut an album, it'll take us as long as six months.

— Dusty Hill

Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its…

— Jon Landau

I've been making music for thirty-six years and, you know, I'm still just as in love with working on music now as…

— Moby

I feel like in my music I can be a rebel. I can say things I wouldn't say in real life.

— Taylor Swift

There's this song called 'Brad Chester,' which is like the depths of my family. It comes from a very personal place.

— Mat Kearney

“I love you too," I say. No wonder the whole world writes songs about those words.”

— Cath Crowley

I grew up with the Beatles and they are still to this day my top band played in my iTunes.

— Greg Laswell

Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me.

— Tim Commerford