Songs Quotes · Page 74

I like to write my own songs rather than merely singing what has been handed over to you.

— Shibani Dandekar

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

— Dolly Parton

I don't really hate a lot of songs, but I think Weezer has put out some songs I really hate because they've…

— Brian Fallon

There's too many favorite songs, so I'll just say right now my favorite song of all time is 'Poison' by Bert Jansch.

— Kurt Vile

In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.

— Mika

In songs, you have to tell people about something they didn't see and weren't there for, and you have to do it…

— Bob Dylan

'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can.

— Lindsay Mendez

I feel like all my songs slept-on. I'm not complainin', but I just wanna drop more heat.

— Lil Tjay

Apparently Pope John Paul II and his boys - is that what you call them? - loved one of my songs and…

— Gloria Estefan

'Haywire' is full of different kinds of love songs. It's definitely country and a little something for everybody. I feel like the…

— Josh Turner

My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak…

— Kacey Musgraves

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 start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't…

— Johnny Cash

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

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

— Conor Oberst

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

— George Michael

…the songs are universal enough that in ten years time they should still hold up quite well.

— Greg Graffin

Luckily, there's enough people who have recorded songs that I can just go online and kind of figure out how to play…

— Regina Spektor

I'm never gonna be a Carlos Santana - an instrumentalist. I just like songs. It's three minutes of something that can be…

— Steve Forbert

If you notice in my own films the blending of songs is distinct. They narrate stories and scenes.

— Gulzar

T Bone is genius. The way they've recorded my voice and the instrumentation to these songs is really quite extraordinary.

— Betty Buckley

'The Next Ten Minutes' from 'The Last Five Years' is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

— Jennifer Damiano

When I used to write songs, especially on my own, it was just me and a guitar.

— Nina Nesbitt

I wanted to show people that I don't just make love songs that are about purely being in love.

— Ella Mai

As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without…

— Robin Pecknold

I wish you'd listen carefully to the music I listen to, they speak the words I fail to say.

— Akila Sultana

To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.

— Reba McEntire

With songs one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise. And in that world you can be more than you actually are.

— Sophie Hunger

To me, Def Jam put my career on hold. I was used to making 13-14 songs a year, and they trickled that…

— Mannie Fresh

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

— Martin Gore

It feels incredible to find the type of love I've been writing songs about all these years!

— Jimmie Allen

I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.

— Peter Steele

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

— Bob Dylan

Every time you fight the scars are gonna heal But they're never gonna go away.

— Simple Plan

I don't want to put out a CD of album songs. I'm gunning for every song to be a single.

— Ginuwine

The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.

— Gin Wigmore

“I’m an idiot for thinking that one performance would change anything. Maybe I should stop writing songs and start writing fiction.”

— Elizabeth Eulberg

Probably not much of a song left in me, you know, if any, because I've written so many, some 250 songs or…

— Brian Wilson

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

— Gillian Jacobs