Song Quotes

I am happy that women can relate to my songs, and hopefully men can too.

Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece.

Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share your need of pleasing.

It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down.

The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.

I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.

It's rewarding to know that a song is doing more than just helping someone to have a nice day: it's actually leaving a deposit in their lives.

I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.

The Hokey Pokey. Think about it. At the end of the song, what do we learn? What is it all about?... You put your whole self in!

If we cry more tears we will ruin the land with salt; instead let's praise that which would distract us with despair. Make a song for death, a song for yellow teeth and bad breath

So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

Whenever there is stillness there is the still small voice, God's speaking from the whirlwind, nature's old song, and dance.

Sing such a song with all of your heart that you'll never have to sing again.

I woke up this morning, Smiled at the rising sun, Three little birds, Sat on my doorstep, Singing sweet songs

For me, the more I live, the more I need to write. The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing your inner torment or your inner joy.

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

I would mimic what I saw in Grease and Guys and Dolls in front of my mom's mirror and I would practice voices and songs. When you put me alone in a room, that's what I would do.

I would never purposely sing a song about someone I love, I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But for someone I don't like... I would definitely do that.

I truly believed that tonight would never happen, that I would never sing these songs to you again. But then I'm a fool, which you've probably worked out by now.

The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way.

Get them to sing your song and they will want to know who you are.

We are sisters. We will always be sisters. Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song.

I dream crazy vivid dreams. Like, entire movies. And sometimes I write songs about them.

I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.

I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say.

They're powerful, those songs. At times they've been my only way back, the only door out of the dark, bad places the black dog calls home.

I don't have to say I'm going to make a song. A song is always there. I just have to open my mouth and a song comes out.

I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.

If only the bird with the loveliest song sang, the forest would be a lonely place.

You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.

To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I.

I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.

A good country song taps into strong undercurrents of family, faith, and patriotism.

It seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word.

Anyone can sit down and write some boring artistic song. Pop music is the hardest [stuff] to write.

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

Quadratic reciprocity is the song of love in the land of prime numbers.

I always knew I couldn't sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn't heard by many, and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good.

I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven't looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.

Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.

What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.

Taken together, our songs are like a mural of our lives.

Some get stoned, some get strange, but sooner or later it all gets real.

Singing a song, playing sports - anything that entertains, that takes people away from their own problems, is good.

The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear, And he shows them pearly white. Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear, And he keeps them out of sight.

You are the promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem long. You are the breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song.