Songs Quotes · Page 53

I can write a poem in 10 minutes. I like writing songs; I can write songs in 5 or 10 minutes. My…

— Shel Silverstein

Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs..I don't think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be…

— Ringo Starr

It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me, to have people sing along to your songs.

— Blake Shelton

With 'The Xpose,' the main challenge was to create timeless melodies. The thriller is set in the '60s, and we didn't want…

— Himesh Reshammiya

Sometimes it's really quick, and sometimes it's really long. There's no formula for writing songs.

— Jack Antonoff

In chris brown dont wake me up why does he say I dont want to fall asleep unless I'm faling for you…

— Kyle

I tend to play covers when I'm gearing up for creating new song. Singing other people's songs is a way that I…

— Scout Niblett

I'm learning to work under pressure. Yesteryear songs are slow and demanding on the expressions.

— Kriti Sanon

He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs.…

— Alan Lomax

At the age of eight, I discovered that I could write songs. My dad used to take them to the notary and…

— Shakira

I keep a journal and just kind of take notes. I don't really so much sit down and write songs - I…

— Courtney Barnett

“One day that song stopped being on the outside of me and went deep inside. It was there all the time, especially…

— Susan Crandall

I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they…

— Eve

I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was…

— Paul McCartney

I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in…

— John Lennon

I picked songs that I've been singing my whole life that stuck with me. I tried to pick stuff that was a…

— Chris Isaak

I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.

— Flume

After Silk Route disbanded I came on my own, and through the years, I have sung a few film songs while writing…

— Mohit Chauhan

Tell me how many songs that I must sing before I can see you in your glory, hear your whole entire story,…

— Trevor Hall

What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.

— Karl Lagerfeld

You learn a lot about people when youlisten to songs that mean something to them.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.

— Vance Joy

My inspiration comes from God, so I always have to be open, kind of like being an antenna. I like to write…

— Brenda Russell

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And we used to play them in pubs.

— Neil Innes

I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.

— Nanci Griffith

In the songs that I write, that's where I get to be really brave and outspoken.

— Emily Kinney

I enjoy my own songs, but I can never love them in the way that I can love someone else's song.

— Mark Lanegan

I have something like 10,000 songs on my phone, everything from Madonna to Radiohead to you name it. And, of course, I've…

— John Dolmayan

I am not in Bollywood for item songs. I have to do some meaty roles and realistic films.

— Kashmira Shah

It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so…

— Steven Van Zandt

Senorita was fun to sing, but I don't really have a favorite. When you write a bunch of songs, they're like your…

— Justin Timberlake

I got more songs with Gunna than anybody - that's like the only person who I'm around!

— Lil Baby

My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved.

— Dolly Parton

Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow…

— Julian Casablancas

I've always had good songs, it's the great songs that are difficult to find.

— Anne Murray

The only thing better than one of my songs is one of my songs with a glass of scotch.

— Jackie Gleason

If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.

— Taylor Swift

I'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film…

— Michael Pitt

The cover songs I do aren't radically altered - they're too beautiful to mess with.

— Tim Russ