Song Quotes

I think everybody can agree that you can hear a certain song and it will put you in a certain mood, and that's just the beauty of music and I am so inspired by that.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

I have gotten more than I asked for. All that I ever wanted was to hear my voice on record and have a song among the Top 20.

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.

Talking about covers, whether visually or sonically, if a particular combination of notes struck a chord in your heart in a way that you want to be a part of it by covering that song, then there's nothing wrong with it.

It just didn't feel right to let my child scream and holler and thrash by her little self in the dark in her crib when I knew full well that a little rocking in her glider, maybe a song and a sweet nuzzle of her cheek would send her off to dreamland.

Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.

Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the same with a live performance. If the material is strong, you're already 90% there. I always tell young people it's all about the music, the songs. Work on the songs, work on the songs, work on the songs.

I love the song 'El Rey.' And for years, I never knew what the song was totally about. It was something new for me. I'd never sung a song in Spanish before. Then I got the translation and saw what a really cool song it was.

When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.

Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk.

I made my first song when I was 9 years old. Just beating on garbage cans, having people beat box.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song.

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.

I like Fisher Price music, nursery rhymes, and the alphabet song.

Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.

There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play.

I didn't think of myself as a lead player, especially when we did live shows, because me and Keith used to switch around all the time. He'd take a lead, I'd play rhythm. Sometimes even within one song. It wasn't strict and regimented.

I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!

I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.

I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.