#song

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. ↗

— Olivier Messiaen

#cities #colors #dwell #give #heard

At intervals between the songs, more especially after the trances have begun, the dancers unclasp hands and sit down to smoke or talk for a few minutes. ↗

— James Mooney

#begun #between #dancers #down #especially

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs. ↗

— Marcus Mumford

#front #sing #songs #stand #thing

I call it sacred geometry. When everything's just right and it feels really balanced, so that when it unfolds to the next part, you feel totally familiar and at ease within the song. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#call #ease #everything #familiar #feel

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind. ↗

— Graham Nash

#i #me #mind #only #out

The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#i #i can #instrument #make #only

When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself. ↗

— Shane MacGowan

#else #gives #hear #i #me

I tried several times to get the song right. The tune and the chords that I started with, there really wasn't anywhere else it could go. I stopped fighting it and let it take me away. ↗

— Nik Kershaw

#away #chords #could #else #fighting

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

#journey #like #song #toil #weary

I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#been #certain #company #cut #i