Best Great Songs Quotes

50 Great Songs quotes by 47 unique authors

I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album.… — Nick Rhodes
I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Dan's passing. He was a dear friend for many years. Dan & his music will live… — Gerry Beckley
I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have. — Martina McBride
Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love… — Bonnie Raitt
I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't… — Paul Simon
I'm always looking for great songs, and not being much of a songwriter, I depend on great songwriters to send them to me. I go… — George Strait
I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more… — Taylor Swift
A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing… — Alber Elbaz
I think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course, Tom T. wrote… — Jason Isbell
Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He… — Willie Nelson
There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered. — Alex Ebert
The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs. — John Oates
He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he… — Alan Lomax
If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the… — Elton John
When you find great songs, and somehow you get a spark in a little way, it can become brand new. — Joe Nichols
When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four bad songs. I didn't know… — Randy Bachman
I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The… — Roger Daltrey
The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics… — Bryan Ferry
No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived… — Edie Brickell
I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all… — Barry Mann
If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it entirely, and we don't try to piece together clever diplomacy… — Richard Perle
We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too… — Margaret Whiting
I think the thing is that most bands are quite bitter people. They would slag off bands all day long, and then the minute a… — Richey Edwards

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