Songs Quotes · Page 63

We're a band's band. We have real songs, real players, real problems. Real ups, real downs.

— Rick Nielsen

I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes…

— Grimes

As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs.

— David Friedman

I'm not really a great lover of remixes and remakes. of course, it's a principle of mine that I don't remake songs.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano

— Fiona Apple

'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs…

— Will Chase

Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in…

— Charles Duhigg

A lot of people from my generation can't write songs anymore, or it's really hard and it's an unpleasant experience. I don't…

— Robbie Robertson

To me, songs hit harder when they live in the questions, because songs have always been a mode of sorting through my…

— JP Saxe

There are some great songs - like, I really like 'Snowcone' and 'Whelk Then' and 'No Problem.' I think I'm dissatisfied that…

— Deadmau5

I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's…

— Rodney Atkins

I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at…

— Chet Faker

Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something:…

— Lou Barlow

Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels…

— Lucinda Williams

I'm not just a voice who wants to sing on anything. I co-produce, I want to select who comes in and plays…

— Tyrese Gibson

My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I…

— Alanis Morissette

That's what our songs are, I suppose - visions and little bits of life that somehow get made into music.

— Ellie Rowsell

Maybe we'll do some fun stuff here and there, but I don't want to record any more songs.

— Synyster Gates

I've only recorded my own songs. I don't consider myself a great singer, so I wouldn't be comfortable interpreting other people's songs.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

Just seeing people appreciate what you do, come out and support it, and sing the songs back, there's not a better feeling…

— Kip Moore

Sometimes I want to hear something fun to cook or bake to; other times, I need specific songs to to lift me…

— Orianthi

Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what…

— Tyler Joseph

I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!

— Jackie Evancho

I wanted to do a set of love songs for Valentine's Day so I went through my old material. I found myself…

— Tom Rush

'Drive,' that's the one. I love dozens of songs by R.E.M., but that's the one, even though it took me 7 or…

— Rob Sheffield

Simplicity is the key for me. I can't write clever songs; I just can't do it.

— Kate Nash

People tell me all the time that my songs help them express things to loved ones that they may not be able…

— John Legend

The songs I write and the way I see the world have been affected a certain amount since I became a father.

— Gregory Porter

Funny songs, that’s my ticket. I can’t remember when it started or why it started, it’s just something that I NEEDED.

— Jack Black

Every album is just a greatest hits of whatever songs are on a pile when I go in to make a record.

— Amanda Palmer

One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with.

— Darius Rucker

I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album…

— Bo Bice

When I was 17, I rewrote the songs for a musicalized version of 'Love's Labour's Lost.'

— Tim Minchin

There's songs like 'Africa' that just have kind of become part of pop culture.

— Steve Porcaro

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make…

— Birdy

It's very hard for me to think about my songs and attribute some significance to them.

— Jimmy Webb

I grew up in the Bay Area, and I went to lovely public schools with gardens and arts programs, and we sang…

— Monica Barbaro

I love not being in charge of writing all the songs, and being the front person - the whole thing is cool.

— John Britt Daniel

One of my favorite songs is 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Emily Saliers wrote that, and she is one of the most talented…

— Tig Notaro

I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where…

— Ben Gibbard