Song Meaning Quotes

'Wild Horses' is my favourite Stones song. It's so beautiful. I don't mind that it was written for Bianca.

The meaning of song goes deep. Who in logical words can explain the effect music has on us? A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the infinite, and lets us for a moment gaze into that!

To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is.

I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.

All my songs mean something to me.

It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited for some reason... But that's what's great about music - however people interpret it, whatever they see, is what I want to be there for them.

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

Kevin Costner told me that 'True' was his and his wife's song. I'm not sure if that's a good thing because they split up soon after.

So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.

The emotion of a song's lyrics has always been what grabs me deeply.

My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about this.' But love and heartbreak are some of the most abstract subjects.

If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the least bit uncomfortable giving it to them. People want songwriters to tell them how they think and how they feel. That's what a song is. That's what I want to hear in a song.

I grew up in the '90s and remember the lyrics back then were so abstract and open to interpretation. That always drove me crazy.

Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.

If I'm walking down the street and someone stops me and says, "Oh! A song that you wrote meant a lot to me, and I listened to it after I went to my sister's funeral," that's when it hits me.

People make songs so that somebody else will hear them and want to do them. I guess it's an indication that the songs aren't so ultra-personal that they can't possibly be interpreted by anyone else.

The truth is, I mostly thought about 'Accidental Racist' in terms of my fans. This song was meant to generate discussion among the people who listen to my albums. What I was most worried about is that my fan base would think that I was preaching to them.

There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics.

When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.

I've had a lot of people come up to me after shows and tell me that "Dollhouse" really helped them with whatever they were going through with their families. I thought that was really amazing, that it could mean one thing for me but another thing for someone else.

Lyrics are so important, but they're really underrated.

Every one of my father's songs is a lesson.

People tend to put too much focus on the lyrics. It's not the be-all and end-all of our songs.

Was 'Crucify Your Mind' dedicated to anybody? No, it was a generalization. 'A Most Disgusting Song' is like that, too.

Once I release a song, it's not just about me or the people... I write about. They're my stories, but they're not really mine any more.