Songs Quotes · Page 79

Songs are like ropes that you can kind of hang on to or pull yourself up on.

— Sinead O'Connor

California sunlight - sweet Calcutta rain - Honolulu starbright - the song remains the same.

— Led Zeppelin

I didn't set out to write certain kinds of songs - I just set out to write good songs.

— Madonna Ciccone

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

— George Strait

I am so happy to be able to do what I love. To have the songs I've written for other artists go…

— Cole Swindell

It just doesn't get any more stripped down than going out totally alone and doing songs.

— Chris Cornell

I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you…

— Yann Tiersen

Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in…

— Amanda Shires

Music is fun, but I'm an ice skater. I may sing songs and do shows, make movies and other things... that's all…

— Johnny Weir

I'm the kind of cat that can finish three songs in a day. Two or three songs in a day. If my…

— Ginuwine

I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or…

— Yael Naim

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record.…

— Paul Simon

When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we…

— Robert Glasper

We want our music to reach everybody, so we're using the Internet. Every kid today is online, and we want to make…

— Kailash Kher

I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of…

— Ashlee Simpson

Songs are puzzles - you get an intro, or maybe an end, but you gotta fill in the rest. Sometimes they come…

— Mark Kozelek

There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that…

— David Friedman

My hope is that my songs make you think about yourself, in your own life, and not really about me.

— JP Saxe

I have done songs here and there. But I have never scored a film. That is something I would like to do…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Some songs are dead easy, and others can be quite challenging. Other times, you just have to put it in the bin.

— Rob Halford

One of my most popular songs, 'Satellites,' I paid $300 for that beat on SoundClick.

— Kevin Gates

My songs can make you cry, take you by surprise at the same time, can make you dry your eyes with the…

— Eminem

Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing.

— Joe Cocker

They tell me I produced songs. I just stood in the back, wore a good suit and said, Yeah, that's happening.

— Nick Lowe

When you listen to my songs, you hear messages and real stories. That's what's setting me apart.

— Tink

My songs lie somewhere in between the evergreen standards, rock n' roll and pop.

— Neil Sedaka

I like spiritual songs. They struck me as truthful and serious. They brought me down to earth and they lifted me up…

— Bob Dylan

I find the songs and dances in Hindi films fascinating, and I know I will do justice to them, as I am…

— Navi Rawat

Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know…

— Etta James

Usually I'll be with my friends and I'll observe everything, and grab emotions from that to write my songs.

— Tate McRae

I think of myself as a tomgirl. A boy who's girly in every presentational aspect. And I play guitar and write good…

— Ezra Furman

We come up with slogans on the road and then we start putting them on the songs.

— apl.de.ap

I've bought DBSK's CD and every time I listen to their songs I feel very good.

— Seungri

I like to make songs that are gonna be here for a long time, not for five months that they play on…

— Ginuwine

“My task is set before me, girl My mission clear and true There’ll be black knights and dragons, girl But I will…

— Emme Rollins

Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad…

— Elliott Smith

Heck, I'm no Henry Mancini or Michel Legrand. I just play the guitar and write songs.

— John Denver

I've done songs with legends like De La Soul with Pete Rock. I've done songs with B.O.B. I've done songs with Big…

— Lecrae

The older songs were better songs, because they had lyrics with a story to tell. Aretha and Otis told stories.

— Wilson Pickett

A band is a real band if they can play not just their songs, but they can just play.

— Shavo Odadjian