Popular Song Quotes

79 Popular Song quotes by 72 unique authors

Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix… — Nina Simone
No Romeo-and-Juliet acts, no nonsense about Love with a large L, none of that popular song claptrap with its skies of blue, dreams come true,… — Aldous Huxley
All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the… — Roland Barthes
I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour or half a… — Sammy Cahn
The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where… — Barry Humphries
Hawai'i is not truly the idyllic paradise of popular songs--islands of love and tranquility, where nothing bad ever happens. It was and is a place… — Alan Brennert
But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in. — Mel Torme
I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford. — Gloria Swanson
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist. — Thomas Kinkade
I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world. — Karrie Webb
My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. They're professionals. — Julio Iglesias
Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the most popular man in the United States. — Duff Green
American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why. — Vincente Minnelli
I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am. — Karl Kraus
So along with several very popular Internet sites, talk radio has served as alternative media that gives listeners information that they otherwise would not hear. — Paul Weyrich
So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be. — Waylon Jennings
Whatever is popular deserves attention. — James Mackintosh
The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers. — Juliana Hatfield
Video games are so popular these days, getting the opportunity to star in one is something special. More people should do it. — Carrot Top
And we just went with Julie because that name hadn't been used in any other popular songs at the time. — Bobby Sherman
Resolutions are popular because everyone feels they could use a little improvement. — Marilu Henner
The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created. — Herbert Croly
It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results. — Paddy Ashdown
It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America. — Paul Begala

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72 authors contributed a total of 79 Popular Song Quotes, led by these top contributors: