Songs Quotes · Page 36

I was just writing songs because, if a song shows up, you've gotta write it. I didn't know what to do with…

— Benmont Tench

I love songs that tell stories. They make you feel something, something real.

— Daphne Ashbrook

Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a…

— Russell Smith

I hate it when I'm singing a song and someone joins in! Please, this isn't Glee!

— Anonymous

If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't…

— Jason Isbell

As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.

— Noel Gallagher

I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.

— Lyle Lovett

My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always…

— Estelle

I've been writing songs on my own since I was 13, and the same is true of Derek.

— Susan Tedeschi

I like songs that sound like classics. There are songs that might be cooler or have better production, but I like songs…

— Alexa Ray Joel

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it…

— Jakob Dylan

I'm not Prince or Rivers Cuomo, who brags about having hundreds of great songs.

— Trent Reznor

Ramones' songs are too good not to be played.

— Marky Ramone

When you find a song that you love, you just have to do it - why would I try to match it?…

— Bonnie Raitt

When I started The Shins, it really was just me, alone, but it was still The Shins. I was totally recording stuff…

— James Mercer

In many ways Bright Eyes is really a studio project. We form bands to tour, but it really is - you know,…

— Conor Oberst

I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had…

— Mandy Moore

Every time you hear an 808 drum machine beat on one of my songs, it comes from Freaknik.

— The-Dream

My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.

— Richard Simmons

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the…

— Tom Lehrer

It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used for the Stones or any other kind…

— Ronnie Wood

I think everyone mentions Bob Dylan, but he's someone I just admire so much as a songwriter. I think people write songs,…

— Tom Odell

I like 'Firework' because it is very different from our past songs and was inspired by the Latin genre.

— Jeongyeon

I woke up this morning with some music in my head. Songs that sing of being alive and find the way to…

— SayWeCanFly

During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand…

— Jessie J