Best Quote by Yung Lean

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room…

— St. Vincent

I feel like people who actually know how music works on a technical level need to explain it to the rest of us a…

— Owen Pallett

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

— Martin Gore

Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't sound good…

— John Frusciante

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

You know, I don't like talking about music very much. I have quite the hard time explaining myself.

— Hildur Gudnadottir

I try not to say exactly what songs are about sometimes, because I feel like it ruins it for people.

— Lauren Mayberry

I hate when people try to give their opinion on music they've never heard before and just end up parroting someone else's opinion. Like…

— Shavez

I do like how the music can be misunderstood.

— Borns

It's better when you don't understand the words in music. Because when you don't understand the words, you have to listen to what somebody…

— Ian Brennan

It's hard for me to always explain my songs, and people always expect a meaning and to know what it's about. Sometimes when I…

— Amy Macdonald

I love it when people write rapturously about music they love.

— Ezra Furman