Song Quotes

What will a child learn sooner than a song?

I get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.

Whether it be a reggae song, rock song, a love song, the main thing was just to, whatever I was feeling, to try to capture that emotion.

Every album has its sad songs and happy songs.

My story: Salvation. My song; the same singing to Jesus, and blessing his name.

This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. ‘It is true’, he replied, ‘but you would do well not to believe it.

I’d rather give one hit song than a flop film.

I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.

Doo-wop is special music to me because it’s so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

Blessed be the Lord for the beauty of summer and spring, for the air, the water, the verdure, and the song of birds.