Songs Quotes · Page 59

There are so many songs that I could not sing the way I wanted to. When such songs come on television or…

— Lata Mangeshkar

One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.

— Taylor Swift

'Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart and confessionals. They're monologues.

— Chip Esten

When your songs are like your babies, even the one that you know aren't great, you still love.

— Cody Johnson

Most Radiohead songs are actually REM songs, I just have a mentally ill child read the lyrics aloud and then I change…

— Thom Yorke

The thing for me though, is that songs are good depending on the memories I have with them.

— George Ezra

Most of you live your life on flimsy little songs, not upon the word of God.

— Paul Washer

It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs.

— Keren Ann

We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been…

— Mike Stoller

I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds,…

— Bat for Lashes

A lot of my songs, they're like puzzle pieces, and there's just one way to put them together. You could, if you…

— Ryan Adams

We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band for at least…

— Dweezil Zappa

Well, yeah, I wanted to resist the urge to thicken everything up with instrumentation, because I just felt like I was interested…

— Joanna Newsom

I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records…

— Ray Stevens

'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of…

— Brandi Carlile

I think the best songs that come to me are ones that you sort of listen for. The ones - when I…

— Nick Lowe

I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them.

— Randy Travis

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

— Kid Rock

All I ever wanted to do was write songs, and I just dreamed of putting out an album and having a single…

— Cole Swindell

Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.

— Ed Sheeran

Any vehicle that conveys great songs and the ability to perform them, whether it's 'N Sync or the Backstreet Boys or One…

— Tommy Mottola

“Artists make normal songs. Then Radio stations, TV and DJ’s turn those normal songs into hits”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so…

— David Gilmour

“...and all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man?”

— Paul Simon

The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs.

— Brenda Lee

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

— Noel Gallagher

I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and…

— Lewis Capaldi

I am surely happy to be breaking away from the norm when it comes to my songs.

— Sid Sriram

The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls.

— Rodney Atkins

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire…

— Roger Waters

“Be sure that your praise songs are numbered higher than your sorrowful dirges and your utmost hope, firmer than your woeful regrets.…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Boys are like songs: Some of them you like and listen to all the time, but there is that one you just…

— Alexia

I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to…

— Stephen Sondheim

I am an extremely energetic person, and my party songs have managed to click with the listeners.

— Neha Kakkar

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just…

— Melissa Etheridge

I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?

— Robert Smith

I always sang around the house. My brother and I would sing songs like 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' and stuff…

— Jean Louisa Kelly

And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take But please don't cry Just know that…

— Kid Cudi

I always sing them as though they are autobiographical, even if they're not, and most of my songs do come from something…

— Ronee Blakley

I make my living writing songs and, you know, I'm not a show biz kind of guy.

— J. J. Cale