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Song Quotes by Pete Townshend
- It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along.
- Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior.…
- I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who…
- I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth.
- It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs…
- A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write a…
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- 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