Song Quotes
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A lot of comedians do bits where they say, 'I was listening to this song, and this person said this, and you know how they say that?' And I thought it would work better if I actually had a DJ put that song lyric right there. It makes it more dynamic, and it's more energetic.
Hannibal Buress
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I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.
Naima Adedapo
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I shouldn't have acted. I didn't exhibit any ability. I was one of the kids in the school play who was just mouthing words, and they weren't the actual words of the song. I was pretty lame!
Bryce Dallas Howard
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I can write a song about my hero Che Guevara and call it 'Song for Che.'
Charlie Haden
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
Laura Mvula
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I think there'll always be a kid with a guitar with a song in his heart that's going to turn me on - that's as far as I can see. Whether lots of people agree with that, I'm not sure.
Justin Hayward The Moody Blues
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I loved musicals because I felt like breaking out in song makes so much sense to me because it's the stakes of how you feel inside!
Betty Gilpin
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I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.
Glenn Hughes Brazen Abbot
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Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it into a love song... Thank God for country music.
Dierks Bentley
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For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.
Marc Almond Soft Cell
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When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Tecumseh
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Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting community and the process of songs and getting better and putting more in what I wanted to say, was absolutely vital in me even wanting to be an artist.
Kacey Musgraves
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The song of canariesNever varies,And when they're moultingThey're pretty revolting.
Ogden Nash
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'Driving Home For Christmas' is just a great Christmas song because people are in their cars and driving home.
Engelbert Humperdinck
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This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
Eddy Grant
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Benny and Bjorn, I suppose, already had an idea of which one was going to sing the lead. I mean, they knew perfectly well our ranges and which kind of voice they wanted on a specific song. And sometimes, I envied the choice of Agnetha, I must admit.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad ABBA
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A lot of my friends send me Snapchats of when they're in the club, and they're like, 'It's your song!'
Zara Larsson
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As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpose in a room writing a song.
Sam Hunt
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There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get By,' it just writes itself.
Valerie Simpson
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Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.
Joe Elliott Def Leppard
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I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might have come up with something resembling a song as early as 4 or 5 years old.
Ian MacKaye
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When I heard 'Rockabye,' I was just blown away. It had been a long time since I had heard a song that had a message like that in it - about being a single parent and caring for your child.
Anne-Marie
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I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness.
Clara Ann Fowler