“Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine.” SongDoorsExpressionScreensUselessSubmarinesScreen Doors Author:Rich Mullins
“Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when I feel like I'm the lead guitarist in a rock band. We all gotta be going somewhere strong together, you know?” KnowsFeelsSelfTogetherHateSongStrongGrowsRocksParticularExpressionInvolvedBandElementsI HateSelf ExpressionGuitaristRock BandsStrong Together Author:David First
“Back in the day, I came up with the expression "Same Animal - Different Cages" to describe our songs. I suppose over the years I've just broadened the meaning of that.” YearsDifferentSongAnimalExpressionCagesBack In The Day Author:David First
“Sketching is the breath of art: it is the most refreshing of all the more impulsive forms of creative self-expression and, as such, it should be as free, and happy, as a song in the bath.” ShouldArtSelfFormSongFreedomCreativeExpressionBreathsBathsSelf ExpressionRefreshingImpulsiveSketching Author:Mervyn Levy
“I feel like a lot of the singer-songwriters in my genre and in my generation have gotten more and more snooty about covering other people's songs. They believe that creativity is the intersect of expression.” PeopleFeelsBelieveSongCreativityGenerationsExpressionSingersGenreSongwritersCoveringMy GenerationSinger Songwriters Author:Brandi Carlile
“The best thing about being a DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people get up from a table to dance or the expression on their face when they hear a song they love. I also love to educate people on music they have never heard.” PeopleFacesSongSeeingHeardExpressionTablesGet UpBest ThingsEducateDjsMaking People Happy Author:Chelsea Leyland
“Although music appeals simply to the emotions, and represents no definite images in itself, we are justified in using any language which may serve to convey to others our musical expressions. Words will often pave the way for the more subtle operations of music, and unlock the treasures which sound alone can rifle, and hence the eternal popularity of song.” WayMaySongLanguageSoundEmotionExpressionEternalMusicalTreasureAppealsOperationsSubtlePopularityDefiniteJustifiedRiflesMusical Expression Book:Music and morals Source: Music and morals
“Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.” FirstsValuesSongPleasureExpressionListeningMusic IsPersonal Expression Author:Charles Duhigg
“I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now I'm writing a book, now I'm being an actor. It should be a natural thing. I think it's a natural thing for you to act. But I think that people that feel that, because they've written one maybe quite beautiful love song that equips them to play Romeo, is probably misguided.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldWritingBookPlaySeemsBeautifulMovingSongNextActorsNaturalLevelsWrittenExpressionDistrustSuspiciousWriting A BookMisguidedNext LevelNatural ThingsBeautiful Love Author:Elvis Costello
“Music and time have such an interesting relationship. Music makes time fall away like almost nothing else. You hear a song from another moment of your life and it really is like you're still there. That's why the music of our youth ends up being particularly powerful. The coming of age music that you grab a hold of as the symbol or the expression of your independence and hopes for the future and anger and rebellion or whatever it is you're feeling is so powerful for the rest of your life when you hear it.” StillsEndsMomentsFeelingsAgeSongFallInterestingPowerfulYouthExpressionLike YouIndependenceSymbolsRebellionComing Of AgeRest Of Your LifeMaking TimeHope For The Future Author:Jennifer Egan
“Self-expression is a hallmark of an artist, of art, to get something off one's chest, to sing one's song. So that element is present in all art. It is the key to even standing up and saying, "Hey, listen to me." Self-expression can be based on looking at the world and making observations about it.” WorldArtSelfArtistSongExpressionKeysElementsStandingObservationHeyChestsSelf ExpressionHallmarkListen To Me Author:George Carlin
“I'd like to think I could physically manage doing that, but I don't think it feels authentic to the kind of performer that I am. I think that, for me, being stationary and just sort of singing the songs seems to be the most connected and authentic expression for me on stage.” ThinkingFeelsKindSeemsSongStageExpressionSingingConnectedManagePerformersStationary Author:Sara Bareilles
“You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.” FeelsHumansFormLyingSongHonestExpressionHow You FeelDon't Lie Author:Brian Wilson
“The dance is the most universal of the arts, since, as Goethe justly said, it could destroy all the fine arts. It is an expression of all the emotions of the spirit, from the lowest to the highest. It accompanies and stimulates all the processes of life, from hunting and farming to war and fertility, from love to death. It enables, in turn other arts to come into being: music, song, drama. Despite all their riches, the dance is no formless complex, but a simple unity.” ArtSaidWarSpiritSongTurnsProcessSimpleEmotionExpressionFineDramaHighestUniversalUnityComplexesRichesDespiteHuntingLowestFarmingFine ArtsAccompanyFertilityProcess Of Life Author:Gerard van der Leeuw
“Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air, to renew the forests, to care for the plants, to protect the creatures, to celebrate the seas, to rejoice in the sunlight, to sing the song of the stars, to recall our destiny, to renew our spirits, to reinvigorate our bodies, to recreate the human community, to promote justice and peace, to love our children and love one another, to join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery, for the healing of the Earth and the renewal of all life.” HumansChildrenBodyCareEarthTogetherSpiritSongStarsWaterCommunityJusticeHealingDestinyAirMysterySeaLandExpressionProtectCreaturesAnd LoveOur ChildrenPlantForestsCelebrateRejoiceSunlightDiverseRecallsNew LifeOur DestinyRenewalLove One AnotherPeace And JusticeChildren And LoveLove Our Children Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Part of the power of song is that it is a beautiful expression of devotion...singing releases the pent-up joy and thanksgiving we feel because of God's grace and goodness.” FeelsBeautifulJoySongGraceExpressionGoodnessSingingDevotionReleaseGod's Grace Author:Jack W. Hayford
“In nature everything is valuable, everything has its place. The rose, the daisy, the lark, the squirrel, each is different but beautiful. Each has its own expression. Each flower its' own fragrance. Each bird its' own song. So you too have your own unique melody.” DifferentBeautifulSongExpressionFlowerUniqueBirdRoseValuableMelodyFragranceDaisiesSquirrelsLarks Author:Diane Dreher
“I think the best thing about music is that someone could be writing a song that's so personal, and it tells so many other people's story at the same time. It kind of exemplifies that we are all kind of on the same wave[length] - it's amazing how comforting somebody else's story can be, because we have experienced their story in some way or another, and I can totally relate, and I get to feel that feeling and the expression of that emotion. I get to feel like as a listener, that somebody understands me, which is pretty incredible.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWritingKindI CanStoriesFeelingsSongEmotionExpressionMusic IsIncrediblesWaveAll KindsRelateBest ThingsLengthListenersComfortingUnderstand Me Author:Theresa Wayman
“I think expression is at it's best when it comes from an honest place, so I always try to use my own life experiences, feelings, struggles, frustrations etc. as the catalyst for my song writing.” ThinkingWritingTryingUseFeelingsSongMy OwnStruggleHonestExpressionFrustrationEtcLife ExperienceMy Own LifeCatalyst Author:Kate Brown
“I can write a song in the back of the bus, where I am right now, or in my living room, and I can perform it that night and have an instant reciprocal exchange - an emotional, impactful exchange - and it's a less technical medium. It's a pure expression from my soul to other souls.” WritingI CanSoulNightSongRoomsEmotionalExpressionRight NowPureMediumsMy SoulInstantBusLiving RoomReciprocal Author:Juliette Lewis
“Someone like John Prine can write a song that tears into your soul, turn it over, and write a song that makes you laugh and feel light as a feather. With someone like him, you're getting a real picture of a person, a real expression.” FeelsWritingPersonsRealSoulLightSongTurnsLaughingTearsExpressionYour SoulFeathersMake You Laugh Author:Scott Avett
“I've always written songs for the sake of my own sanity and expression.” SongMy OwnWrittenExpressionSakeSanity Author:Camila Cabello
“[Bob] Dylan thus deserves the Nobel Prize, not just for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," as the Nobel committee aptly described his work, but also for embodying the contradictions within it.” SongExpressionDeserveTraditionContradictionPrizePoeticBobCommitteesDylanNobelNobel PrizeGreat American Author:Jay Michaelson
“It's easy to record songs. Anyone can make a track on garage band. I've been on the search to find that incredibly authentic place of sound and intention that only I can bring. Everyone has their own expression. I'm still on that quest and I hope to always be.” StillsI CanSongEasySoundRecordsExpressionBandIntentionTrackQuestsGarage Author:Grace Kelly
“Torch songs are confessions. They are an expression of feeling that cannot be concealed or contained or minimized. They are marked by anguish, yes, but also by yielding.” FeelingsSongExpressionConfessionAnguishConcealedTorchesExpression Of Feeling Author:Melissa Febos
“That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.” SongExpressionStructureSongwritingIntrigue Author:Geddy Lee
“During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.” WayMomentsSongExpressionPerformancesBest WayThat MomentPauses Author:Florence Welch
“I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to colour the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song.” IfsWantSongWishExpressionMaterialsVisualsColourVehicleProps Author:David Bowie