Songs Quotes · Page 71

“And you won't write any more stupid songs about me?" "Can't promise that. In fact, that may be all I do for…

— Charles Sheehan-Miles

I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of…

— Rodney Atkins

I like the Sci Fi channel and 'Science Fiction Theatre.' I've been doing a lot of television-watching and thinking about good songs…

— Roky Erickson

It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want…

— Bobby McFerrin

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— donald

One of the fun things about playing live is watching the audience sing the songs back to us.

— Tom Dumont

“The songs of separation Are not always full of pain Often they talk of the fondness That flows in the lovers’ veins…”

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.

— Luis Fonsi

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as…

— John Legend

Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and…

— Alan Menken

That's what we all hope and dream to do, when we stand in front of the mirror with our Goody comb and…

— Jay DeMarcus

Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though.…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts,…

— Robert Herrick

Some people come to our shows and think they're gonna spend the night just listening to love songs, and they're pretty much…

— Bobby Hatfield

I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them. What I like to do with songs, is kind…

— John Legend

I think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course,…

— Jason Isbell

Ultimately, what I want is for my songs to outlive me: I want my songs to keep being played even after I'm…

— Mary Gauthier

I listen to Glee songs a lot. I like their rendition of "Bust the Window Out Your Car."

— Coco Jones

ABBA songs are so anthemic, and so ingrained in your system, that you can't really remember when you heard them.

— Hugh Skinner

Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal.

— Jerry Leiber

Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.

— Jamie Hince

I try to take whatever I can from the songs I grew up listening to, these vibed-out pop numbers, and make them…

— Adam Granduciel

A song marks an occasion in my life and that's how I live my life, by songs.

— Amy Winehouse

It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about…

— Kacey Musgraves

The songs are just an attempt to document what's been happening in my life. If people can relate to what's going on…

— Paolo Nutini

I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.

— Peter Garrett

I kinda learned to sing singing to Echo and the Bunnymen songs and Smiths songs: Morrissey would be a big favorite.

— James Mercer

I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.

— Austin Carlile

If you buy a CD and want to put your favorite songs on one CD, you should be able to do that.

— Ted Waitt

I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A.

— Teena Marie

When I get home and turn on the radio, I hear songs that are new to me, but to everybody else they're…

— Chamillionaire

I'm not just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they're super-relatable.

— Shawn Mendes

What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs.

— J. J. Cale

I love songs that tell stories. They make you feel something, something real.

— Daphne Ashbrook

I actually dream a lot of songs, and I try to be good about voice-memoing ideas.

— Ted Leo

When you're singing about love stories, which is most of my songs, it's good to have a lot of information and to…

— Luis Fonsi

People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher.

— Cass McCombs

Yes, threadbare seem his songs, to lettered ken - they were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.

— William Watson

Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely…

— Shawn Amos

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.

— Lykke Li