Song Quotes · Page 812

Every set is a different experience, so it's hard to say which one's my favorite.

— Maxim Knight

“Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die though, unsung, as tears unshed Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa ”

— Robert W. Chambers

I wish I could sing. When I think I'm singing, I'm actually going really off-tune.

— Akshara Haasan

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

— Claude Debussy

I've been classically trained in piano since I was little. My father was a pianist, so they started me early.

— Beth Phoenix

I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and…

— Joan Jett

It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why any one should have a knowledge of it.

— Aristotle

I think metal fans are more loyal than other fans, and they are often more inclined to collect the albums of their…

— Varg Vikernes

The holy grail for a music fan is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever.…

— Aphex Twin

This is a tradition of resistance to the term that's as old as the term itself, especially because that term has been…

— Vijay Iyer

“Birdsong brings relief to my longing. I am just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say! Please, universal soul,…

— Rumi

“if the main reason we listen to music in the first place is to hear passion expressed- as i've believed all my…

— Lester Bangs

Banging on the piano while my grandmother was watching me. I'd run up to her and ask: 'How was that, Grandma?' And…

— Craig Robinson

Every individual's listening is as unique as his or her fingerprints because we all listen through filters that develop from our personal…

— Julian Treasure

Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it'-…

— Clay Aiken

There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our…

— Bono

Life's a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead sometimes you follow, don't worry about what you don't know

— John Michael Montgomery

During 'Somebody Somewhere,' I listened to a lot of '70s rock and Barry Manilow, which was the soundtrack of growing up in…

— Bridget Everett

For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.

— Ellen G. White

The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and…

— Robbie Robertson

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

— Tom Harrell

I am only as good as my last song. Hits are a pension, but I don't want to rest on those songs.…

— Craig David

When my father began playing for Led Zeppelin our family was living in a 14-foot trailer.

— Jason Bonham

That is when I realised music could be fun and discovered another aspect of music.

— Unknwon Goan

Jazz is a sideways glance at music. It's like being an architect, knowing the basis of design but understanding that the facade…

— Melody Gardot

In hindsight, I think my manager and I both knew that 'Someone You Loved' was a special song that we had to…

— Lewis Capaldi

Morning has broken Like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird.

— Eleanor Farjeon

Music might tame and civilize wild beasts, but 'tis evident it never yet could tame and civilize musicians.

— John Gay

Carlos, this is a song about when a girl breaks your heart. So...why are you singing so HAPPY?! -Gustavo

— Big Time Rush

The machinery of the music industry is that you put something into it and it could be chewed up.

— Goldie

Playing the piano was what I loved doing for myself, but as soon as it became a 'thing' that I was being…

— Deborah Meaden

We have people in the band who don't drink or do drugs... some of us like to go sightseeing.

— Mike Shinoda

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

— Jean Cocteau

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you…

— Edward Elgar

Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a…

— Francis Scott Key

I find that drummers are the coolest people in the world. I play a little bit of drums.

— Synyster Gates

My mother played piano at home; she came from a musical family. Her father, who I never met, was a conductor and…

— Ludovico Einaudi

I have complete creative freedom. If I want to put a song on the album, there's no one stopping me.

— Alice Merton

It's such a lonely existence, living with a rock n' roller. No matter how much he loves you, he will always love…

— Anita Pallenberg