--- title: "12 Songs Meant Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Songs Meant quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Songs Meant sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/john-berryman-10841_comfort_these-songs-are-not-meant-to-be-understo_295055.png" --- > [These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. They are only meant to terrify & comfort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-berryman/these-songs-are-not-meant-to-be-understood-you-understand-they-are/) [John Berryman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-berryman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/john-berryman-10841_comfort_these-songs-are-not-meant-to-be-understo_295055.png) > [If an artist I liked disowned songs that meant a lot to me, I would be pretty hurt by that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-robinson/if-an-artist-i-liked-disowned-songs-that-meant-a-lot-to-me-i-would-be/) [Porter Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/porter-robinson-10525_art_if-an-artist-i-liked-disowned-songs-that_1346719.jpg) > [I will always, forever, write songs, and wherever they're meant to be is where they'll be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-rexha/i-will-always-forever-write-songs-and-wherever-they-re-meant-to-be-is/) [Bebe Rexha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-rexha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/bebe-rexha-7596_always_i-will-always-forever-write-songs-and-wh_2229019.jpg) > [Our big songs were all songs that were never meant to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-kerr/our-big-songs-were-all-songs-that-were-never-meant-to-be/) [Jim Kerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-kerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/jim-kerr-5286_big_our-big-songs-were-all-songs-that-were-n_2104697.jpg) > [Those songs that meant the most to me I'm petrified of... These are my favorite songs ever, I'm just petrified to even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jelly-roll/those-songs-that-meant-the-most-to-me-i-m-petrified-of-these-are-my/) [Jelly Roll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jelly-roll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/jelly-roll-6203_even_those-songs-that-meant-the-most-to-me-i_205999.jpg) > [With the 'iCarly' soundtrack, I didn't get to write any of the songs. I just picked songs that meant a lot to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-cosgrove/with-the-icarly-soundtrack-i-didn-t-get-to-write-any-of-the-songs-i/) [Miranda Cosgrove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-cosgrove/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/miranda-cosgrove-12063_song_with-the-icarly-soundtrack-i-didn-t-get_2560216.jpg) > [Even if somebody wanted to tell me what one of my songs meant to him or her, I can't do it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-dacus/even-if-somebody-wanted-to-tell-me-what-one-of-my-songs-meant-to-him/) [Lucy Dacus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-dacus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/lucy-dacus-7153_even_even-if-somebody-wanted-to-tell-me-what_840432.jpg) > [The songs are not meant to be real life. They're meant to have a psychic - rather than a factual - bearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/the-songs-are-not-meant-to-be-real-life-they-re-meant-to-have-a/) [Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/will-oldham-7702_being-real_the-songs-are-not-meant-to-be-real-life_103820.png) > [Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-weiland/music-as-many-people-have-said-is-the-universal-language-of-course/) [Scott Weiland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-weiland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/scott-weiland-13324_feels_music-as-many-people-have-said-is-the-un_1106935.jpg) > [Along with a lot of other things, becoming a Bob Dylan fan made me a writer. I was never interested in figuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greil-marcus/along-with-a-lot-of-other-things-becoming-a-bob-dylan-fan-made-me-a/) [Greil Marcus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greil-marcus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/greil-marcus-10438_becoming_along-with-a-lot-of-other-things-becomin_1080912.jpg) > [I think it's hard to really write a song that will educate someone because songs are meant to be ... you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-legend/i-think-it-s-hard-to-really-write-a-song-that-will-educate-someone/) [John Legend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-legend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/998/john-legend-1666_be-you_i-think-it-s-hard-to-really-write-a-song_2714176.png) > [The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ric-ocasek/the-best-thing-you-can-do-for-a-song-is-to-hear-it-on-the-radio-and/) [Ric Ocasek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ric-ocasek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/ric-ocasek-16459_best-things_the-best-thing-you-can-do-for-a-song-is_549729.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/songs-meant/#itemlist", "name": "Songs Meant Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. 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