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Quotes About Songs

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.
~ John Lennon
It is unethical to promote old songs sung by new artistes, and the government should ban these things.
~ Asha Bhosle
People get a real kick out of hearing our songs with an orchestra. It makes you feel like you're in a movie with unexpected bursts of energy. It's really kind of psychedelic in a way.
~ Cindy Wilson
I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.
~ Nick Cave
I'm embracing new technology to record my songs, and it's a wonderful way to interact with people who love Whitesnake and help spread the gospel of the 'Snake, and I'm having fun doing it.
~ David Coverdale
I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention. I get up on stage every night and play songs, but I almost feel the songs are the centre of attention. I don't like opening my birthday presents in front of people, either.
~ Alex Turner
I've been producing since the early stages of Gym Class Heroes. A lot of the songs on the first 'Papercut Chronicles' were actually beats that I made.
~ Travie McCoy
The selections on 'Daily Practice' are all what I consider standard rock songs that have been absolutely essential to keeping me alive.
~ Alice Ripley
We have high expectations and a high level of standard we try to reach in everything we do. Ideas get through if they are good enough, songs get their way in.
~ James Righton
I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
~ Carly Simon
Ochii ei erau cu adev?rat poem iar privirile alc?tuiau fiecare un cântec.
~ Theophile Gautier
For me, 'Diamond Necklace' is a commercial attempt, as it has songs and glamour.
~ Fahadh Faasil
I don't think Neil Young has a beautiful voice, but it's something that grabs you, and the songs are so good.
~ Lykke Li
I'm nervous the first few songs, and then I'm like, 'I got this audience. I'm ready!'
~ Drake Bell
I get nervous as hell when it's time for the songs to come out.
~ Tionne Watkins
I do love to dance, and that's fun, but I will never stop writing my quiet, sensitive songs.
~ Alison Sudol
The new age disc jockeys and program directors have accepted me as a new age artist, along with Shadowfax and the rest, and they're playing my songs.
~ Barbi Benton
We've never been a band that gets up on stage and says, 'OK, we're going to play our entire new album.' Of course we want to introduce new music, but we also want to play the songs people want to sing along with.
~ Ed Kowalczyk
I'm very proud of New Order and Joy Division, that heritage of songs.
~ Bernard Sumner
We loved country songs in New Order. That's our big secret!
~ Peter Hook
I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff for myself. I write a song like 'Middle Age' or 'Responsibility' or 'I Just Work Here,' and it's about how bleak life can be. But it's real.
~ Steve Forbert
Even when I was calling myself the Microphones I only really ever played new songs... because I feel, like, a pretty strong connection to the song when I'm performing it.
~ Phil Elverum
I always thought that I was a terrible writer. And I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing. I think it's a new way for me to express things that are closer to myself than when I play a role because, of course, it's really not me.
~ Marion Cotillard
The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.
~ Stephen Malkmus