Song Quotes

With the backdrop of The Salvation Army's century and a half of service to the world's poor, these songs and reflections are born of meaningful engagement with a living Gospel

But what do I care, for love will be over so soon, Let my heart have its say and my mind stand idly by, For my mind is proud and strong enough to be silent, It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.

Make songs for Death as you would sing to Love -But you will not assuage him. He aloneOf all the gods will take no gifts from men.

If someone says something good or bad, or whatever they have to say about your song, you've just got to embrace it.

There's so much more you can do with the dynamics of songs when they're simple... I think it was what I needed in my life - there was a lot going on, a lot of layers.

But for now, I just sat there on the bed and listened to my song. The one that had been written for me by a man who knew me not at all, now sung by the one who knew me best.

It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.

Whether it was a song, a person, or a story, there was a lot you couldn’t know from just an excerpt, a glance, or part of a chorus.

The marks on our lives are like music notes on the page--they sing a song.

'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song.

Chimes?" Phyllis asked. "Chimes to call a lover? Chimes with the voice of a bird trapped in them? Chimes that play you whatever song you most desire to hear?" "No thanks," said Nick. "We've got MTV.

I'm not really the scented envelope kid of girl, preferring instead to send yellow Jiffy-lite mailers packed with whatever song is on my mind.

In terms of covers, it's always nice to do ones that aren't actually getting played by the original artist anymore. I just love the song; I love that band, and it's nice to be able to play it.

You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it's all right there in front of you.

Every broken lunatic needed a theme song.

We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

We're playing the same songs, the same way, that we have for years.

Janis Joplin didn't just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut and her heart.

A lot of [my] songs have a sexuality to them, a vibe to them. ... I call it sexy rock and roll.

I've never thought to notate my songs...I tend to just have to remember them.

I tend to play covers when I'm gearing up for creating new song. Singing other people's songs is a way that I get inspired.

I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs.

I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.

To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know.

But I think if any song can touch the heart, then one should value it.

I get so mad about ex-boyfriends, but if a boy hurts me, I don't write a song about it. They don't deserve it!

Most of my songs are about love, I am a 16 year old teenager and I sing about what is on every girls mind. Love

I love Katy Perry! She gave me a song for my second album.

I- I love you like a love song, baby And I keep hittin' repeat-peat-peat-peat

You don't have to come from Trinidad to really love Harry Belafonte, you don't have to come from the West Coast to appreciate the simplicity and the beauty of the songs Kurt Cobain wrote.

If a song is funny and absurd, and it sounds great, it's just going to be that much funnier. And there's no better example of that than 'Monty Python.'

Among the songs I love best were those that I see as historically important, which help to change and develop my taste.

People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.

Sometimes you just want to write a party song.

It always disappoints me when I go to a concert and they don't play my favorite song, or at least one of their biggest hits.

I have my own opinions, but my songs don't share them.

She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound

As for me, I rarely write a song. But when I do write a song, like "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects," which came to me at three a.m. one morning, on a whim - I get a percentage.

I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.

My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I start to write really happy-sounding songs that everyone needs to start worrying.

I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.

With all my songs, I try to pull from personal experiences, like moving and changing locations.

I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music.

It's very funny to see a Justin Bieber song done by a bunch of grown men.

Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs.

The world has changed a lot since I started making records.I used to go into a studio and there were songs there, chosen for me to see if I liked them. I wasn't encouraged to write.

I never sing a song more than twice because my fear of waning excitement for a piece is part of my troubles. I so rely on vibe, energy and emotions that the technical part occurs to me last.

I have my songs ready in my head, gather the guys, play it and then let them go with it. [The music] finds its way, we do what the music says to do......the song is the producer.

Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little to no singing....let the song do the work.

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.