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Song Quotes by Jarvis Cocker
- I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks…
- The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem quite boring actually.…
- I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.
- The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind of sadness to…
- The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.
- Hawkwind are one of those bands that people introduce you to because you don't see them on the covers of magazines. I'd heard 'Silver Machine'…
- I love the Beatles. I haven't named any kids after them but I still really love them. They were the first group that I was…
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- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
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- 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