Quotes About Songs

Love is the answer, said the songs, and that's OK. It was OK, I supposed, as an answer. But no more than that. It was not a solution; it wasn't really even an answer, just a reply.

Hey you, long face,' shouted an elderly gent who must have been at least seventy years old, but who was dancing through the flooded, rainy streets, waving a rolled umbrella like a sword. 'Don't you sing those Tragedy Songs round here.

Perhaps we, who are language animals, possess a song and story instinct; we need and move toward stories and songs not because we are taught to do so but because it is in our nature to need them.

The unit of every country is the family and the strength of the country is based on the smiles of the children and songs of the adults.

My strength has always been slow songs, so I never deviated from that, I always took care of my base and that's just doing slow songs and just pouring out my heart in songs.

I guess for me what is more significant than success is the nature of each of the songs and of the words.

All heroes' news, like something from the songs, but there's nothing like others' successes to make your own failures sting the worse.

In case you never noticed, bards have a habit of dressing things up. There is a fine living, d'ya see, in songs about deep-wise witches, but in shitty idiots, less.

War killed some soldiers, sure, but it left the rest with money, and songs to sing, and a fire to sit around. It killed a lot more farmers, and left the rest with nought but ashes.

Why are there so many romantic songs about the spring? I hate the spring. The snow melts, and everything smells like thawing dog shit.

It's the best marriage of songs and production. But I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova.

I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams.

This is my life, these are my songs, this is my time and I'm ready.

Life songs of ages, throbbing in my blood, have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood.

I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.

I think remixes give songs more life.

As I've evolved in life my writing process has taken a turn. I'm inspired by everyday life. I could be in the middle of something and hear a commercial. I enjoy songs writing themselves.

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.

He [Solomon] spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.

My foot in the stirrup, my pony won't stand,Good-bye, Old Paint, I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne.

Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,Play the Dead March as you carry me along;Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me,For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong.

As I was a-walking one morning for pleasure,I spied a cowpuncher a-riding along.

Foot in the stirrup and hand on the horn,Best damned cowboy ever was born.Come-a ti yi youpy, youpy yea, youpy yea,Come-a ti yi youpy, youpy yea.