Quotes About Music

It's not enough to play the old songs; that feels like being your own covers band or something. It's a big release to do new stuff.

I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.

Sad songs are what move people.

I've always said there aren't great composers- there are great songs.

I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play.

A lot of songs I'm kind of singing and rapping.

I do feel pressure from the outside world a little bit just because everybody wants new music, which is really nice. It just proves that everybody likes what I'm doing. But at the same time, I feel like it's important to just chill and experience things and really make the songs true to me.

Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.

Some of my favorite songs are slow songs, like Guns N' Roses' 'November Rain.'

I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.

'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't ever get from a score.

It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.

I had a dream I was onstage naked and I forgot how to play the songs.

I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.

Quit shouting those rerun songs at me.

If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry.

Not many people know, but Pahari songs are amazing.

On 'Love Letters', I focused exclusively on songs with lyrics, creating a collection of songs that directly address heartbreak and its ensuing emotions in a way that instrumental music can only hint at.

Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

That's why I've always loved country music. Whether it's sad, pumps you up, or it's breakup songs, it's all real-life things.

I write my songs because I've lived them.