Song Quotes - Page 31

• To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny video guy. But in Korea I'm doing one of the biggest concerts; it's not a dance music concert. I'm playing with the band, so I change my every song to a rock song.

  PSY

  Rocks, Korea, Guy

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• I really like the P!nk song with the guy from fun., 'Just Give Me a Reason.'

  PSY

  Fun, Giving, Guy

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• I cannot learn creation from other people; I've got to do it myself. Now, honestly, I regret not studying - I don't know about harmonies, or anything, so if I'm composing a song, it's really hard.

  PSY

  Regret, People, Study

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• The fact that I'm shouting that I have Gangnam style makes people crack up. Imagine if Brad Pitt was singing the song - would it be funny? A twist is important when it comes to writing lyrics.

  PSY

  Writing, People, Style

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• When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern was how should I communicate with the public and the audience with my language. Scooter and I talked a lot about that: should we translate or not? Finally we didn't, and I think that was a really good decision.

  PSY

  Thinking, Decision, Language

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• Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via channels like YouTube.

  PSY

  Singers, Thanks, Korean

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• My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

  Chris Cornell

  Kids, Singing, Important

  "Interview: Chris Cornell on ‘Pearl Jam Twenty,’ reuniting Soundgarden and the impact of the Seattle music scene" by Kristopher Tapley, uproxx.com. October 05, 2011.

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• Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity.

  Chris Cornell

  Responsibility, People, Matter

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• Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.

  Chris Cornell

  Reality, Judging, Feelings

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• This is a song called 'The Kill.' But don't be scared, it's a nice song. About losing your mind.

  Jared Leto

  Nice, Mind, Losing

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• Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately use something else for the next tune or overdub.

  Keith Richards

  Guitar, Track, Tunes

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• I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen.

  R. Kelly

  Party, Reality, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs write life. I decided to take her up on that.

  R. Kelly

  Mother, Writing, Games

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.

  R. Kelly

  Country, Writing, Bumps

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.

  R. Kelly

  Guy, Singing, R Kelly

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• On Heartbreaker, I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did those songs. I communicated the way I did those songs.

  Ryan Adams

  Way, Heartbreaker, Drank

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Dancing, Singing, Buzz

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• Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Couple, Rocks, Guitar

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• It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  America, People, Giving

  "Aaron Johnson Interview NOWHERE BOY". Interview, collider.com. Ocotber 6, 2010.

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• History shows us that the songs - the myth, the experience and the emotion - live longer the less you explain.

  Sondre Lerche

  Emotion, Myth, Shows

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• I started trying to write songs when I was 8 or 9 years old.

  Sondre Lerche

  Writing, Years, Trying

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• I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.

  Sondre Lerche

  Listening, Sound, Want

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• Sometimes, you can't seem to find any song on the radio that you like.

  Sondre Lerche

  Radio, Sometimes, Seems

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• I have this idealistic and maybe naive thought that almost any song can be anything. If you record one song today, it would maybe be exciting and cool. But I could record the same song next week and it would be something completely different.

  Sondre Lerche

  Next Week, Different, Would Be

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• I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard and it gets all messed up. I sometimes sit down and try to write a song with just three chords and it doesn't work.

  Sondre Lerche

  Writing, Simple, Trying

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