Song Quotes

It's so interesting to me how songs take on a shape and body of their own and grow.

I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken and you go shopping.

I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud... or tired.

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing.

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

We wrote a song, while sitting on a trampoline & we loved it so much that we ended up recording it as a duet

The day I was born songs were on records, phones were tied down, computers needed rooms and the web was fiction. Change the world. You can.

The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'

My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times.

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

A good song stays in your head because it's catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you.

Who rant by note, and through the gamut rage; in songs and airs express their martial fire; combat in trills, and in a fugue expire.

A lot of songs are derivative of each other.

The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.

I wanna be the smile you put on your face. I wanna be your hands when you say your grace. I wanna be whatever is your favorite place, oh I just wanna be close

Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.

. . .where there is no more hope, song remains.

I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

Watch a movie that makes you laugh or listen to a song that makes you cry. Embrace your emotions and be proud of what you feel.

So we're considering doing a new Christmas album, because there's been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of 'The Most Offensive Song Ever' with lyrics intact.

The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Every song is like a painting.

A long time ago, I made the commitment to dedicate at least one song per album to God. He has been very good to me, and never for one minute do I want Him to think I've forgotten, because I haven't.

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about

A true friend is someone who is always there during the ups and downs, I actually have a song called 'True Friend'.

I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.

Cicala to cicala is dear, and ant to ant, and hawks to hawks, but to me the muse and song.

I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.

Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon lit

There is no peace to be taken With poets who are young, For they worry about the wars to be fought and the songs that must be sung.

Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it.

If I hear a song like "Time After Time." I'm sittin' there lookin' at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin' this song. I said, "God damnnnnn!"

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

I don't care about the rules, if I don't break the rules at least 10x every song then I'm not doing my job.

We got a new song called 'Ashes in Your Mouth,' and it is NOT about a joint falling apart.

I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it were quite separate from the rest. I think the end of a story is part of it from the beginning.

I knew Bobby Dylan back in the days when he lived in the village. He used to come and see me and sing songs for me, saying they ought to go into my next collected book on American folk music.

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.

I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles.

I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.

I enjoy incorporating different elements of music that I enjoy listening into my songs. I want to give what feels good to me while never compromising my message, which is Jesus is my Lord and Savior.

It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in the realm of free song, saying thus far shalt thou go and no further.

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo.

I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.

Bittersweet is kind of my own favourite style because I want to be able to cry to the same song that I also can laugh to.