Quotes About Music

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

I did an album called 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.' I sang the song on 'Hee Haw.'

A rhyme doesn't make a song.

I feel scared going before the public and it has been like this forever. After one song is over, I feel better.

Stony Skunk, when they were with our company, had a song which I personally like called 'Red Light District.'

When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'

The whole thing about playlists is what song comes next.

By the time one song gains popularity, another one is introduced.

If I sample a song, I usually make samples out of the whole album. Then I move on after that. Doesn't mean I'm going to release that whole album, but I do that.

I don't think anyone can listen to a Smiths song and not scream your lungs out in recognition of what it's like to feel odd.

I don't think it's an artist's responsibility to be political all the time. I think your first responsibility as an artist is to make music that people will listen to and enjoy. However, I think that when you are able to say something that is moving and put it in a great song, then that is even better.

When you make a record, you get to live in an imaginary world where you have the best kind of band on every song.

There are moments in our lives that are more difficult than others. And I can look at each song and remember where I was during those times - from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows.

Sometimes a song can be born in few minutes, if the feeling is right, some other times it can take days.

I hate it when people try to explain music. The best thing about music is that it's invisible. If you make a song and someone is like, 'Explain it,' and you explain the message, it's like - poof. It all crashes down.

It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.

We have to put expressions in a song when we sing it.

You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.

Song writing has been a lifeline for me.

Quite often, when I am recording a song or getting ready for a concert, I pray.

Honestly, I get character ideas from the most inane places. Sometimes a song will give me an idea. Sometimes I will just hear a snippet of conversation that ends up having nothing to do with the book that emerges.

If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.

While the concert is instant communication with the audience, composing is a creative process where a song comes up out of nowhere and then transmits happiness to many, translates into money, fame, or whatever.

My favorite song will always be 'Layla' by Derek and the Dominos, because my granddaughter was named after it.