34 Inspiring Lyrics Quotes

Music has an unparalleled ability to touch our hearts and uplift our spirits. Inspiring lyrics have a way of resonating deeply, offering solace, motivation, and a sense of connection. In this collection, we've gathered 34 of the most inspiring quotes found in song lyrics. These powerful lines capture the essence of hope, love, and resilience, serving as a reminder of the beauty and strength that music brings to our lives. Whether you're seeking encouragement or simply looking to appreciate the lyrical artistry, dive into these quotes and let them inspire your journey.

1. “Walk this way” - Aerosmith

2. “Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls’ pants - use it to get into their heads.” - Scroobius Pip

3. “We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong. Nature will survive us, we've been wrong after all. We are the cause of a world that's gone wrong. Wouldn't it be great to heal the world with only a song? (Sky is Over)” - Serj Tankian

4. “Life's just a cocktail party - on the street.” - Mick Jagger

5. “We have eyes and we have nervesesWe have tails we have teethYou'll all get what you deservesesWhen we rise from underneath.” - Neil Gaiman

6. “Even I, as sick as I am, I would never be you. Even I, sick and depraved, a traveler to the grave, I would never be you.” - Morrissey

7. “My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.” - Morrissey

8. “Satan rejected my soul; as low as he goes,he never quite goes this low.” - Morrissey

9. “You don't like me, but you love me; either way, you're wrong.” - Morrissey

10. “I was wasting my time, praying for love.For a love that never comes, from someone who does not exist.” - Morrissey

11. “If I could be anywhere, where would I be?” - Tom Felton

12. “Sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.” - Poe

13. “I don't let nobody see me wishin' he was mine” - Taylor Swift

14. “I'm just a notch on your bedpost but you're just a line in a song.” - Fall Out Boy

15. “Say you were split, you were split in fragments and none of the pieces would talk to you. Wouldn't you want to be who you had been? Well, maybe I'd want that too.” - Aimee Mann

16. “I suppose I should be happy to be misread; better be that than some of the other things I have become.” - Aimee Mann

17. “The early cars already are drawing deep breaths past my door. And last night's phrases sick with lack of basis are still writhing on my floor.” - Fiona Apple

18. “A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.” - Criss Jami

19. “Don't care what people sayJust follow your own wayDon't give up and use the chanceTo return to innocence.That's not the beginning of the endThat's the return to yourselfThe return to innocence.” - Enigma

20. “If I knew what to doI'd do more than write a song for you” - Criss Jami

21. “Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world.” - Josh Groban

22. “Easy come, easy go,That's just how you live, oh,Take, take, take it all,But you never give.Should've known you was troubleFrom the first kiss,Had your eyes wide open.Why were they open?Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash,You tossed it in the trash, you did.To give me all your love is all I ever asked, 'causeWhat you don't understand isI'd catch a grenade for yaThrow my hand on a blade for yaI'd jump in front of a train for ya You know I'd do anything for ya Oh, oh, I would go through all of this pain,Take a bullet straight through my brain!Yes, I would die for ya, baby,But you won't do the same.” - Bruno Mars

23. “It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.” - Neil Young

24. “It's not easy in this phosphorescent gloom telling waking dreams apart anyhow.” - Aimee Mann

25. “We have all lived through that shriveling moment when a parent walks into a room and repeats, with sardonic disbelief, a couplet picked up from the stereo or the TV. 'What does that mean, then?' my mother asked me during Top of the Pops. "Get it on / Bang a gong"? How long did it take him to think of that, do you reckon?' And the correct answer - 'Two seconds, and it doesn't matter' - is always beyond you, so you just tell her to shut up, while inside you're hating Marc Bolan for making you like him even though he sings about getting it on and banging gongs.” - Nick Hornby

26. “Skies are crying,I am watching,Catching teardrops in my hands.Only silence, as it's ending,Like we never had a chance.Do you have to make me feelLike there's nothing left of me?” - Demi Lovato

27. “As the smoke clears,I awaken,And untangle you from me.Would it make you feel betterTo watch me, while I bleed?All my windows still are broken,But I'm standing on my feet.” - Demi Lovato

28. “I liked old time music but what i meant by that was the period from the 1930s through the 60s, nothing before and little after. Performers like fats waller, Sinatra, billie holiday, louis armstrong, rosemary clooney, ella, sammy Davis Jr, dean martin... If the lyrics weren't stupid. Words were important.” - Jeffery Deaver

29. “My melon soulCrushed by your Gallagher of apathy” - David Wong

30. “Ik ga er stiekem tussen uit, een vluchtweg naar een nieuw begin.” - Blof

31. “Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?I have. I am fucking crazy.But I am free.” - Lana Del Rey

32. “What have they done to the earth?What have they done to our fair sister?Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit herStuck her with knives in the side of the dawnAnd tied her with fences and dragged her down” - Jim Morrison

33. “Oh darkness, I feel like letting go.” - Sarah McLachlan

34. “You own me with whispers like poetry.Your mouth is a melody I memorize.” - The Civil Wars The Tip of My Tongue lyrics