Song Quotes · Page 818

Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around…

— T Bone Burnett

I want to make an impact on people. Like John Lennon writing 'Imagine,' a song that changes an entire generation of people.

— Kyle

I want to take people away from the ugliness and sadness around us every day and bring beautiful, deep music to as…

— Charlie Haden

There are so many great songwriters that I love and respect, it's an honor to get the opportunity to sing any of…

— Sonny Burgess

Life is more like singing because there are sharps and flats…but u just got to stay tuned and be in the key...

— Eric Antwi

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

— Feist

I was never somebody who grew up going, 'I really want to be a singer in a band,' and I never had…

— Fiona Apple

If you hear a song and all you want to do is open the window and drive to the beach it's a…

— Dennis Lloyd

So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the…

— Mike Wilson

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. Or so the poet…

— Richard Stidham

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life,…

— Steve Diggle

Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with…

— Steven Curtis Chapman

All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the…

— George Shearing

“His performance was also intensely visual, with his volatile movements in front of the piano, and his cries and wild vocal accompaniment…

— Ian Carr

When you're used to playing with people, when you're in a band, then you're used to playing with each other. People nowadays…

— Bootsy Collins

When I am happy I listen to musics to energize my body but when I am sad I try to understand the…

— AaRon

We've given up the idea that a guitar must always and everywhere be readily available just because we're a band.

— Bill Kaulitz

Pop is an easy way for evil business people to make a lot of money. But I find myself humming a Christina…

— Brandon Boyd

I want to only sing songs that I have lived with; that can't happen with six tracks at the same time.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I feel much more physically connected to my voice, and I like the physicality of the voice, and how the voice can…

— Will Oldham

I do like a song that can look good on a page without even being sung. I edit and edit and edit.

— Jakob Dylan

My sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family.

— Julia Michaels

Honestly I don't like to write songs that often, only when I feel like I need to and when I've got something…

— Matt Thiessen

We aren't trying to make poetry or anything beautiful. It's just a rock show. We just want to enjoy playing loud. That's…

— David Pajo

The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where…

— Colin Greenwood

You blow in this end of the trombone and sound comes out the other end and disrupts the cosmos.

— Roswell Rudd

The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that

— Jessica Hagedorn

I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.

— Sonny Rollins

Indeed, man only exists insofar as he expresses himself. Music does it in musical ideas.

— Anton Webern

I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud...…

— Arlo Guthrie

Sometimes it feels like the lyrics to a song you're listening to, were written just for you

— Melchor Lim

I feel like music can affect you in so many ways. When you hear a song with a happy melody, it can…

— Kygo

I can sit and dissect for hours, and then write 50 songs about. I always find that inspiring.

— Rachael Yamagata

As a co-writer of the Mumford's songs, I'm always quite insecure about the music - I find it hard to accept any…

— Ben Lovett

When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.

— Moby

Some songs I rap before the beat even play and I enjoy doing that. I like walking the beat down.

— DaBaby

Buddy Holly and the early rock 'n' roll was no lighter than the way I play. It's very minimal.

— Joni Mitchell

Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands…

— Stewart Copeland

I just chased bands all over the country. The biggest one I saw was Jimi Hendrix.

— Cassandra Peterson