Song Quotes

Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where?

I'm not doing contemporary songs unless something comes along that really knocks my socks off.

A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning. So it's been good to be involved completely musically as well.

Summertime And the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.

I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.

In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.

Michael came home and asked, Would you like to write a song with me? I got this idea for a title called A Kiss at the End of a Rainbow. So we had a couple glasses of wine and wrote it.

My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score.

Sometimes an unexpected chord change can be the difference between a good song and a great song.

The boarders have changed. My vocals explore different elements and you know it was really important for me to transfer the atmosphere of the songs with my voice.

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.

I once heard someone doing a karaoke version of my song. That was pretty funny.

Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.

Lots of people say it's the song. For me, it's not always the song - there's something bigger: the spirit of an artist.

We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side.

This song ain't black or white and as far as I know it don't infringe on anyone's copyright.

Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.

Every blade of grass is a blade of grace, a grace note in God's single Song. Nature is not blind and dumb. Nature is eloquent. Human science is blind and dumb if it does not hear this eloquence.

Most songs have bridges in them, to distract listeners from the main verses of a song so they don't get bored. My songs don't have a lot of bridges because lyric poetry never had them.

I would go on the iTunes chart and see the hottest songs, then I'd cover them. People would go on YouTube and search for those songs. That's how I got my views. I'd post two or three songs a week.

When you are writing a song for something else, if you are doing something for money, I always think that's bad luck.

I swear I have at least one good song idea a day. But if I don't get pen to paper in ten seconds, it's gone forever.

Yes, I did lock myself in my room for about two years and write some songs and things like that. But I don't feel like I missed out on a whole lot.

If you can't get your songs to people one way, you have to find another.

I don't separate writing songs from poetry and short fiction. In the area where I work in my house, there's a word processor and a guitar.

The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on.

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

I'd say it ["I Can't Drive 55"] has probably been the most successful song I've ever been involved with, including any Van Halen songs.

There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,The protest of the weak against the strong.

Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.

Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it.

Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter blent, April-blooms upon the breezes toss them. April knows her own, and is content.

Church is a moment in time when the kingdom of God draws near, when a meal, a story, a song, an apology, and even a failure id made holy by the presence of Jesus among us and within us.

I do love to interpret songs in American Sign Language.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice

It's cool that you hear something, but what did you feel and what was your tactile and kinesthetic response to it? Those songs and creative sessions mean the most.

I've never heard a song written from a stepmother's point of view, about their family.

Baby it's you. You're the one I love. You're the one I need. You're the only one I see.

My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

All this role model bullshit; you don't have any extra responsibilities because you made some good songs! Your only responsibility is to make good songs.

When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it's like a romantic song or a happy song.

I feel like my music is just an extension of my acting. I treat the songs like scenes that tell a story... it's very similar.

I love Mary Chapin Carpenter songs. I love her songs 'Come On, Come On' and 'I Am A Town', they're two of my favorite songs.

My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title before I've written the song.

Like our title song “Clap”, I want to become a singer that receive the applause from all people.