Song Quotes · Page 821

I often think it's unfair to the listener and "too easy" to just choose one tempo while I make and decide the…

— Gylve Nagell

Everybody [in The Beatles ] was singing at the same time and the harmonies were great.

— Lemmy Kilmister

It's quite fitting that Slash is getting a star on the very street Axl Rose will one day be sleeping on,

— Charlie Sheen

Instead of sleeping, Im testing myself to make sure I still know all lyrics to BoneThugs Crossroads. Not joking...I need to better…

— Olivia Munn

I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John…

— Brandon Flowers

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

— Charlie Watts

It's really funny, I think to myself... I've got my same guitar and amp, it's just a bigger room now! Some things…

— Brian Setzer

Things got big quickly for us, and playing arenas... it's like - and every band will tell you this - you don't…

— Winston Marshall

I don't think anyone ever plans to change line-ups, but it's something that comes with being in bands. I was in a…

— Bruno Mars

Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But…

— Sammy Hagar

Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies…

— George Orwell

With Pantera, we lived through so many trend-of-the-day situations - when grunge was huge, we were still a heavy metal band; when…

— Phil Anselmo

I just never really thought of not being involved, because when I write the songs I take them to a certain place…

— Tom Odell

I love music - really a lot. That's why I do it. But mine just never makes it, to me. There's always…

— Allan Holdsworth

Music should be universal. My life perspective, my lifestyle - I'm not going to impose that on the people that listen to…

— Alex Kapranos

At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my…

— Dave Grohl

Actually, attorneys say, copying a purchased CD for even one friend violates the federal copyright code most of the time.

— Charles Duhigg

I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am. And what's worse, I can't seem to stop saying things -- anything and…

— Maria von Trapp

Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as…

— Billy Idol

Everyone has sadness-I just get mine out in my music so that I can laugh and joke and flirt with you!

— Sam Smith

A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.

— Henry Rollins

The only person you need to prove your love too,is the person who feels the same about you.

— Dahvie Vanity / Jayy Von Monroe

“I never talk during music, at least during good music. If one hears bad music, it is one’s duty to drown it…

— Oscar Wilde

For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing…

— Richard Hovey

When your target is too far away from you, continue walking singing the song you like.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I just want my songs to be memorable, and for people to hear my songs in ten year's time and remember the…

— Cher Lloyd

I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. Pepper's' as your first…

— Taylor Hawkins

There's nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn't exist before - I won't compare it to sex,…

— Paul McCartney

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors -…

— Dave Grohl

Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that…

— Steve Albini

My dad is a guitar player with huge vinyl record collection. I loved listening to his albums, especially Cream and The Yardbirds.

— Orianthi

The Civil Rights Movement also reaffirmed me as a singer. It taught me that singing was not entertainment, it was something else.

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it

— Dan Fogelberg

There are 23 bootlegs now. Robert Plant came home with a bootleg video and said 'Tori, you've made it. You're nothing until…

— Tori Amos

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

— Alanis Morissette

Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.

— Jeff Bridges

I could probably recite just about every song that was on country radio between 1990 and 2000.

— Sam Hunt

You gotta be, like, a professional hippie. You need to make music because you love it.

— Nick Littlemore

Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases.

— Jorja Smith

Once you get a couple of records in, you kinda vibe out then you see what a full length is.

— Torae