312 Quotes About Songs

Those songs [Mary Poppins score] didn't just get under my skin, they became a part of me then and there, and thinking about it now, they've never left.

Songs of distrust outlast the songs of distress.

Every song, just like every person, has a story....All good songs leak from a broken heart. And the good ones don't give you something, as much as they take what's already inside and blow on the embers.[Mack Strum]

Stephanie has told me, "Your song, 'Through the Fire' saved my life." And several times John has said to me, "I have a wife today and my children have a mother because of the song 'Through the Fire'." Once again I am amazed at the tools God uses to complete his miraculous work of grace. I feel very humbled to have held the pen.

Jimmy Bowen: You've got to find your own songs, because nobody but you knows what you want to sing.

Songs carry memories almost as reliably and poignantly as smells.

My hens all died and my plow is broke My well is dry and my yak just croaked My farm’s all rotted straight down to the roots But I don’t care because now I can wearrrrr—! My worldwide, superglide, yellow-dyed, verified, Certified, ratified, justified and dignified, Qualified ironside, fortified and purified, Bona fide, amplified, khernhide boots!

There are basically three types of songs: loved songs, unloved songs, and transitional songs written by tired people in between the two. Love songs are cheesy, unloved songs are depressing, and transitional songs are poetry. Transitions catch the world on fire, touching on relevant topics while speaking with giddiness and despair of the lover between.

Almost no one reads poems, almost everyone listens to songs. And if songs were, nowadays, a way to get people to poetry and poetry to people?