Music Quote by Elliott Smith

I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.

— Chick Corea

It's frustrating that people attribute something to certain songs and that's not what they're about at all.

— Matt Tong

Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.

— Stephen Malkmus

An album doesn't mean as much to a lot of people now, compared to just songs.

— Craig Finn

There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics.

— Gulzar

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans…

— Dan Hill

So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.

— Elliott Smith

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going…

— Vince Gill

It's such a weird thing nowadays, too, when people are fans of the songs and not the bands.

— Lewis Capaldi

There are people who, like new songs, are in vogue only for a time.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People relate to songs so differently. No matter what it's about in reality, people create their own meaning behind it and connect with it…

— Sharon Van Etten

I mean, I never want to say who any of my songs are about.

— Olivia Rodrigo