Quotes by Songwriters - Page 25

I think, to be happy is to be interested and engaged.
Aimee Mann
He wasn't supposed to die,' he cried out, somewhat desperately, petulantly, like a spoiled child. But I could hear other thoughts racing between us.Neither are you.Neither am I.
Patti Smith
Some years later, long after he and Megadeth parted company, Jay Jones was stabbed to death with a butter knife during-rumor has it-a fight over a bolonga sandwich. That's not funny, of course. But, if you knew Jay, neither is it particularly suprising.
Dave Mustaine
Besides, the story is ambivalent and mysterious in its ending. Is this Alkestis returning from down below? Why does she have a veil over her face? Could it be that when we forcefully bring back to life what has been lost through love what we get is only a shate of its former reality? Maybe we can never succeed fully in restoring the soul to life. Maybe she will always be veiled and at least partially shielded from the rigors of actual life. Love demands a submission that is total.
Thomas Moore
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are callingFrom glen to glen, and down the mountain sideThe summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.But come ye back when summer's in the meadowOr when the valley's hushed and white with snow'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadowOh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.And if you come, when all the flowers are dyingAnd I am dead, as dead I well may beYou'll come and find the place where I am lyingAnd kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above meAnd all my dreams will warm and sweeter beIf you'll not fail to tell me that you love meI'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.
Fred E. Weatherly
In my life Why do I give valuable time To people who don't care if I live or die ?
Morrissey
I think it's cool to wear roadkill. If I died and somebody wanted to wear my teeth around their neck to VMAs, I'd feel honored.
Ke$ha
What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?
Freddie Mercury
A statue stands in a shaded placeAn angel girl with an upturned faceA name is written on a polished rockA broken heart that the world forgot
Martina Mcbride
I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it.It's just getting out of one car, and into another.
John Lennon
Don't worry mother, it'll be alrightAnd don't worry sister, say your prayers and sleep rightIt'll be fine lover of mineIt'll be just fineLend your voices only to sounds of freedomNo longer lend you strength to that which you wish to be free fromFill your lives with love and braveryAnd you shall lead a live uncommon
Jewel
If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said thatevery mushroom cloud has a silver lining.
Adam Young Owl City Cave In
No rain can't get the rainbow.
ayumi hamasaki rainbow
My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet…is that they all realize their worth and ask for it.
Taylor Swift
I thought that the light-house looked lovely as hope,That star on life's tremulous ocean.
Thomas Moore
I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.
Judy Collins
I want to reconcile the violence in your heart.I want to recognize your beauty's not just a mask.I want to exorcise the demons from your past.I want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart.
Matthew Bellamy
Love is only one fine star away.
Stevie Nicks
A girl has to have a beautiful smile, Beautiful eyes and she should have a good sense of humor. She should be honest, loving and trustworthy.
Justin Bieber
With every mistake, we must surely be learning.
George Harrison
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
Michael Jackson
There is a crack in everything.That's how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen
In another corner Nathaniel murmured to Maura, "You must know, Miss O'Connell, I . . . I loved you even before I saw you. It was your father's way of talking."Maura shook her head. "You mustn't say that. It's not my dear da's words that should do the wooing," she said gently. "I'd rather be cared for . . . for what I am myself."Nathaniel nodded. "I'll not say more. But I will tell you what I think I'm going to do."And what is thatI'm going to California to search for gold."And do you think, Nathaniel Brewster, you'll find it?"I do. But it won't be as fine as what's here," Nathaniel said with a shy smile. "Maura O'Connell . . . will . . . will you . . . wait for me to come back?"Maura was silent.Will you?"You're a fine young man, Mr. Brewster. I can only say I'll not forget you.
Avi
We prayed these wars would end all wars --In war we know is no romance.")
Mark Knopfler
And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong
Marvin Gaye
You'll walk with me out on the wire, cuz baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider, but I gotta know how it feels... I want to know love is wild, babe, I want to know love is real.
Bruce Springsteen
I loved you when you opened like a lily to the heat; you see I’m just another snowman standing in the rain and sleet who loved you with his frozen love, his second hand physique, with all he is and all he was a thousand kisses deep.
Leonard Cohen
Who are you?" I asked."You know who I am," he replied. "I'm yours."~Clea / Sage, pg. 105
Hilary Duff
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Jon Bon Jovi
Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a convergence of lucky happenstance. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves.
Wayne Coyne
If you're not getting happier as you get older, then you're fuckin' up
Ani DiFranco
if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?
Sheryl Crow
The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime.
Lana Del Rey
Last weekend a young man asked me how I remain so positive. “It seems all the negativity in the world doesn’t affect you,” he said. I had no more than a minute with the young man so I offered this: It’s all about where you choose to put your attention, and I choose to be happy.
Jason Mraz
Cheer up and dry your damp eyes,And tell me when it rains,And I'll blend up that rainbow above you & shoot it through your veins...'Cause your heart has a lack of color,And we should've known That we'd grow up sooner or later,'Cause we wasted all our free time alone. <3
Owl City
Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.
Bob Marley
Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.
Lana Del Rey
Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear
Taylor Swift
The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.
Pete Wentz
You can't buy happiness
Kurt Cobain
Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections
Bob Marley
When we read of the great Biblical leaders, we see that it was not uncommon for God to ask them to wait, not just a day or two, but for years, until God was ready for them to act.
Gloria Gaither
Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.
Michael Jackson
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
~ Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)
Oh Beautiful For A Land That's FreeWhere All Can CongregateTogether Live With No DegreeOf Bigotry And Hate
Kathy Bee
Just remember this, my girl, when you look up in the sky you can see the stars and still not see the light.
Jack Tempchin
There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.
George Jones
Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold.
Bob Marley
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens
Jimi Hendrix
In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer.
Patti Smith
Dear God, I am only what you made me and I appreciate everything that you gave me, but like, I don't want to do it any more, sort of lost sight of what I'm doing it for.
Nicki Minaj
But what if you're wrong?What if there's more?What if there's hope you never dreamed of hoping for?What if you jump?And just close your eyes?What if the arms that catch you, catch you by surprise?What if He's more than enough?What if it's love?
Nichole Nordeman
A friend once said, and I found to be true,That everyday people, they lie to God too,So what makes you think, that they won't lie to you.
Lauryn Hill
I've always been spiritual but I've never had a proper context, and it took me a while to find the proper context. It's hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want... and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God
Billy Corgan
The same sun that rises over castles and welcomes the daySpills over buildings into the streets where orphans playAnd only You can see the good in broken thingsYou took my heart of stone, and You made it homeAnd set this prisoner free
Bethany Dillon
But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God's creation embraces me.
Michael Jackson
I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him.
Eric Clapton
We were given the Scriptures to humble us into realizing that God is right, and the rest of us are just guessing.
Rich Mullins
My arms are too short to box with God.
Johnny Cash
I don't stand for black man's side, I don't stand for white man's side, I stand for God's side.
Bob Marley