Songs Quotes · Page 56

I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.

— Mose Allison

Songs remain. They last...A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone.…

— Neil Gaiman

I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, generally, I would start…

— B. B. King

If you will show me the songs which a people or a community sing, then I will tell you the character of…

— Rudger Clawson

We have some very personal songs; songs that are a little more close to our hearts, that speak our story a little…

— Rose

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

— Anonymous

A lot of my songs are about things that concern me personally, not a heightened version of myself or any of the…

— Matt Berry

I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a…

— Alison Elliott

I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And…

— George Michael

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

— Conor Oberst

You have 'listeners' ears' when you're just starting out, and your 'listeners' ears' tell you what will work. You lose those ears…

— Gene Pitney

I think my style is quite grungy and punky. I love the '90s and the music from that time, and I love…

— Chelsea Leyland

We cut songs that touch us because if they don't touch us first, there's no way in the world we're going to…

— Jay DeMarcus

A lot of times I wind up playing songs like (Alice in Chains') "Down in a Hole" that make me scream at…

— Bronson Arroyo

Some of the best rock riffs ever written were by Jimmy Page, and I can't really name the songs, but some of…

— Joe Perry

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I…

— Rufus Wainwright

I started writing - just generally - when I was 10, there, and started writing songs when I was maybe 11 turning 12.

— Montaigne

You know, it's funny how songs continue to grow and evolve and become a new and deeper reflection of your life.

— Gloria Estefan

Soundgarden are kind of the masters of writing songs that aren't pop cliches.

— Mike McCready

I do sometimes go back to my old songs. Some I feel very proud of. They make me wonder, 'How did I…

— Amit Trivedi

It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

— Ray LaMontagne

If I could find me a drug to forget you Id overdose on the day that I met you

— James

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

— Jake Owen

I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing ofrags and patches, of…

— Julian Sands

Barely surviving has become my purpose Because I'm so used to living underneath the surface. Storm - Lifehouse

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“nor that of any human being they knew, "Songs we'll make, songs we'll make." The End”

— Anonymous

I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my…

— Sia

Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.

— Susannah McCorkle

I'm not just a singer of funny songs; I am basically, first and foremost, a musician. I'm always recording all styles of…

— Ray Stevens

I'm no songwriter because all of my popular songs have just been outgrowths of themes for the various pictures.

— Henry Mancini

Songs can click together really quickly, and other times, they're really laborious and heavy-lifting.

— James Murphy

I think it's down to our songs - we've always made sure every song on every album works.

— Nadine Coyle

Finding a song name: Type all the words you know in Google and hope for the best.

— Anonymous

I feel like the 'Supernova' record, those songs are very me. It's a more honest representation of me than any record I…

— Jim James

The fact is I don't write songs, per se; I've written a couple here and there, but that's not my forte.

— John Dolmayan

When I turned 14, I became very obsessed with writing songs, and it took over my existence.

— Diane Warren

I like songs in all different genres and types. My production and songwriting is everything from pop rock to hip-hop and everything…

— Alex Clare

The songs are just an attempt to document what's been happening in my life. If people can relate to what's going on…

— Paolo Nutini

It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about…

— Kacey Musgraves

A song marks an occasion in my life and that's how I live my life, by songs.

— Amy Winehouse