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Song Quotes by Ian MacKaye
- I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it it, there's some people who…
- Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now I could either…
- Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind,…
- I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might…
- I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to…
- My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it,…
More Song Quotes
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. — Sai Baba
- Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with. — Sebastian Bach
- I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not… — Sebastian Bach
- A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than… — Sebastian Bach
- To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know. — Sebastian Bach
- My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies. — Randy Bachman
- I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog. — Erykah Badu
- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams