Song Quotes
-
'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count me out'.
John Lennon
The Beatles
-
I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record.
Billy Joel
-
In the end, I get a really good song, and in the end, I get the hits. Yeah, I'm that good.
Steven Tyler
Aerosmith
-
Everybody finished the song at different times. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest. 'Ah music,' he said, wiping his eyes. 'A magic beyond all we do here!
Joanne Rowling
-
Sitting next to Olivia Newton-John, I was like, 'Do not sing one song from Grease.' That's all I was telling my brain at all times: 'Do not sing Hopelessly Devoted. Don't do it.'
Caroline Rhea
-
If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .
Nick Drake
-
It's from being melancholy and having my human down experiences that I learn, that I overcome, that I transform - and these realizations I put into song. That's what I choose to put in my backpack and carry with me around the world.
Jason Mraz
-
I'm an auditory learner, and if you put something into a song, I'll remember it forever.
Jennifer Hyman
-
Obviously, writing together is very intimate because it's sort of acting where you need to get to a really deep place to get the most emotional song.
Maren Morris
-
I like the old days when, if I wrote a song and I recorded it, it didn't mean somebody else couldn't record it.
Chris Stapleton
-
Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.
Chris Wyse
-
We all love to sing along with our favorite songs. We sing in the car, in the shower, and at the karaoke bar. The problem is that half the time we don't know what we're singing. We're making up lyrics as we go along and hoping no one will notice.
Shawn Amos
