Song Significance Quotes

I have a soft spot for 'Wind of Change' because it was my first one, and it was a departure from Humble Pie - very much so. It showed me the spectrum of what I could do.

All my songs mean something to me.

It makes me feel great, knowing my songs are being heard and of service to people.

That's where it begins and ends for me and these songs were the ones that touched me the deepest. It was like I was laying hold of some part of me that I didn't even know was there until I let it out.

There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.

I know not every song has to be a powerful message.

I've come to appreciate how special a song is compared to other art forms, because you can carry it around in your head and your heart, and it remains part of you. It just comes as natural as a bird to me, always did. It's the way singer-songwriters make sense of our lives.

Songs are like children. They are all special to me - you can't just pick a favorite. Of course, 'Lucky Man' was a special tune with a wonderful story behind it. They have all done different things.

There's certain songs that you're gonna record that you hope to touch people and change lives, and there's certain songs that you know that are not going to be that serious.

Bobby McGee' was the song that made the difference for me. Every time I sing it, I still think of Janis.

How many millions of times have I sung 'Love Changes Everything?' But when I see how it matters to people, it gives me the impetus to rediscover it and remember how lucky I am to have a song like that.

I think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my concerts, they often hold up candles when we do "Let It Be." I don't think they'd do that anymore if the song suddenly became part of an Oldsmobile ad.

I'm not interested in how well someone can sing. It's what you're singing that interests me.

Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said, 'Right.'

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

'My Name Is' by Eminem was a song that changed my life.

A good song's a good song, and well known songs take on meaning in people's lives.

I think that the wonderful thing about music and about songs is that you can listen to a three-minute song whenever you feel you need it.

For me, lyrics are the most important thing in a song. And if they don't have meaning, I would never sing them - unless and until someone who loves your work asks me to do so.

I'm a lyric man - I'm always looking for meaningful songs.

Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form.

I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

I call 'Mukkathe Penne' my first emotional hit because it's the kind of song that goes straight into the hearts of the audience.

It took me a long time to put it to use in things, but the name of my publishing company is Nine Music, and "Red" became my theme song.