Last Song Quotes

We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.

After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain.

The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were singing in between the notes, weeping and joyful at the same time, and I felt like their voices or something was rocking me in its bosom, holding me like a scared kid, and I opened up to that feeling-and it washed over me.

There are guys who grow up thinking they’ll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they’re pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.

I think a song that’s got something to say. I’m not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don’t last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.

I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.

I think particularly in music, popularity os a very fickle thing. You’re only as good as your last song.

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

I don’t care if your dad is the Sultan of Brunei. You happened to be born into a privileged family. What you do with that truth is completely up to you. I’m here because I want to be with you. But if I didn’t, all the money in the world wouldn’t have changed my feelings for you.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I’d play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

I dont ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.

Love is fragile. And we’re not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.

If you look at my last songs and first short stories, there is a real connection between them.

We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward.

Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started to mesh as far as music goes and we started really connecting with each other.

Truth only means something when it’s hard to admit.

The last song I recorded with [Hank Williams, Sr.] was “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive.” I remember thinking, “Hoss, you’re not just jivin’,” because he was so weak that all he could do was sing a few lines and then just fall in the chair.

What we’ve gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question ‘Can we trust Microsoft?’ .

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.

Singing and being truthful to a song… I’ve developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that’s all I’ve been doing for the last 25 years.

Marriages don’t last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?

My goal is that when the last song is over, and you’re walking back to the parking lot, you’re already on your phone searching to find the next show.

Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

He sang his last song. And the words of that have never been written down. But it was sweet and of great beauty, and those that heard it were changed utterly. Some say it was the song that moves the stars.

Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

I mean, if the relationship can’t survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.

So I think it was a good thing It was a little surreal watching Leo scream ‘I’m not going to die today!’ with our music playing – that was the last thing on my mind when I wrote the song.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn’t make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.