Song Quotes

I'm a real fan of that Foster the People song 'Pumped Up Kicks.'

I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and the vast Forever one grand, sweet song.

Song of God and Son of Man, there He hangs, bearing pains unutterable, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God.

There is something in the spirit of song...that fires the soul in a way that it can't otherwise be touched or fired.

I love Queen. Not all of it. Some of it, I can't get into. But "Don't Stop Me Now" is a pretty hilarious song. It's a good pick-me-up in the car.

I don't know any songs. People have asked me to play a song, and I say, "I don't know anything."

I'll hear a song I love and suddenly I'm isolated from everything around me just for a nanosecond. That's a moment between a moment.

I cannot sing the old songs, I sang long years ago, For heart and voice would fail me, And foolish tears would flow.

I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts.

If I ever get some free time I end up thinking about what to make next. I don't pick up a guitar and start playing the songs I already know; I immediately try to write a riff.

Not all of my songs are electronic, they're not house or dancey.

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

I think that you should just be yourself and make sure you pick a really, really good song, and make sure you're memorable.

I just want my songs to be memorable, and for people to hear my songs in ten year's time and remember the great times they had while listening to 'em.

I try and make all my songs sound different from each other while doing it in a way that's still me. It's a tricky thing to do.

I've always loved Elton John and that is one of my favorite songs by him and Bernie (Taupin). The American songbook is ever-expanding and I feel like it works well with what I was trying to say.

Initially, in starting to pick the songs for the live show, it was really a matter of picking songs that I loved over the years. As far as the album goes, it happened very naturally.

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

Doing a scene truthfully is very similar to doing a song truthfully. They're really parallel.

Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.

I liked his voice, rich and unself-conscious even when he forgot words and hummed to fill in the gap. What I didn't understand, I imagined, and thus it became a love song.

I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done.

I'd rather have my teeth drilled than listen to that awful song, 'Fly, Eagles Fly.'

I do better singing female songs because my voice is so high-pitched.

The hits always wind up being the songs with big, high choruses. They're the ones too high to sing every night - not that you'll ever, ever hear me complain about having to try.

I think I'm in a really nice position, where I'm sure I could do another show if I wanted to do one, but right now the main thing in my mind is writing songs.

I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.

I'm not a very spiritual guy when it comes to music. I remember hearing Carlos Santana say that angels helped him write his songs. And I thought, 'Really, angels?

Music is a very personal thing, so if you hear one type of song that you don't like, you pass judgment on whole band's repertoire.

We tap into a lot of things from musical history when making the songs.

When you're an artist you're speaking about life, you're talking about your experience here on the planet. So essentially, that's what I do when I'm writing songs.

It doesn't take a year to sing a song. Takes a year for people to figure out how to market it.

You try to be arrogant in songs because you can't be in real life.

I hate it when you buy a record for the single and find out that is the only good song on the album.

I find it difficult to fully enjoy musical theatre songs if I don't know the storyline of the show they are from as well as the context.

I don't know if I could write songs if it wasn't for the female race, to be honest with you.

I am not greedy, so I would gladly give a song to someone else to sing if it makes more sense.

Ah me, but where are now the songs I sang When life was sweet because you call’d them sweet?

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

The songs come along at their own pace when they are ready.

Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.

I like the songwriting. I don't ever listen and then go back and change stuff. For me when I wrote the song, it's always really fun and exciting.

I can watch a movie about a person that can make me feel depressed or remind me of something else, and then later on I'll get an idea for a song.

I tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then put it away and wait until I've gotten more thoughts on it or get sure exactly how to approach it.

I'm not listening for song ideas; I'm listening for soul ideas.

We just wanted to make albums where every song stands out and is different. It must not be the same track from one to 12.

You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases.

There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack.

When it comes to writing songs, I've always got to be commissioned to do it. I won't write unless someone has got a real genuine purpose for it.