What’s more motivating than some inspiring song lyrics to help get your day started? We’ve compiled a list of our favorite motivational song quotes to help get you inspired and moving. From Jay-Z to Elvis Presley, these artists know just how to motivate us with their words. Whether you’re gearing up for a big meeting or just trying to get out of bed on a Monday morning, these song quotes are sure to give you the boost you need.

1. Let us remind our poor men folk in deed and song:There are two types of men in this womanly world:Those who know they are weak.Those who think they are strong. — Philip Strax

2. My husband doesn’t know what my songs are about–even when they’re about him. He’s very British in that way. He doesn’t ask, and he doesn’t want to be told. — Tori Amos

3. I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. — Van Morrison

4. No matter how long what I’m doing here lasts, I want to be a songwriter for the rest of my life. I love it and it’s my escape. — Miley Cyrus

5. I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. — Smokey Robinson

6. Sometimes the guys who look the most normal are the biggest pervs of all. — Teddy Wayne, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine

7. Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience. — Matshona Dhliwayo

8. And stay, my dearstay…forever, as my quiet song, in my lilac dawn. — Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos

9. If you are not happy with the song, don’t sing it. Simple as that–no–one forces you to do it. — Rebecca Ferguson

10. As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me. — Mel Brooks

11. I live there…Far above the song–filled clouds, where the dewdrops touch my skin so bareI live there. — Sanober Khan, A touch, a tear, a tempest

12. The banjo is such a happy instrument––you can’t play a sad song on the banjo–it always comes out so cheerful. — Steve Martin

13. When the songs of your heart start singing, you should listen…for its harmony will bring you happiness and the melody is the voice of your true spirit. — Paulo Coelho

14. I remember Iggy and the Stooges’ song ‘Search and Destroy’ reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem. — Nikki Sixx

15. I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there’s so many different things that can make a song come together. — Van Morrison

16. I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. — Van Morrison

17. ‘the head has no answers, and the heart has no questions, Jack would say.”Quoting his teacher and good friend Jack Kakakaway’ — Richard Wagamese, One Story, One Song

18. They are very personal, emotional songs–people react to them very strongly. — Sarah Mclachlan

19. A poem is this:/A nuance of sound/delicately operating/upon a cataract of sense/…the particulars/of a song waking/upon a bed of sound. — William Carlos Williams

20. All Religions. All This Singing. One Song. Peace Be With You. — Rumi

21. Her sadness was like a deep well just beneath the surface of her determination. — Sage Steadman, Upon Destiny’s Song

22. I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. — Smokey Robinson

23. Our sweetest songs are those of saddest thought. — Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Complete Poems

24. Human beings love poetry. They don’t even know it sometimes… whether they’re the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber… they’re listening to poetry. — Maya Angelou

25. That old rock and roll song, ‘looking for love in all the wrong places, ‘ it’s true. — Robert Englund

26. I think clothes are very much a representation of your attitude and the way you feel. I really love to be dressed down, though. — Trey Songz

27. Sometimes the guys who look the most normal are the biggest pervs of all. — Teddy Wayne, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine

28. If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs. — Matshona Dhliwayo

29. Words can be powerful allies. Or enemies — Yasmine Galenorn, Songs of Love and Death: All–Original Tales of Star–Crossed Love

30. My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God. — Rob Bell

31. I could write songs as bad as Wham’s if I really felt the urge to, but what’s the point? — Robert Smith

32. Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas. — Zakk Wylde

33. To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it’s fun, too. The day that it’s not fun, that’s when I’m not gonna play guitar anymore. — Scott Ian

34. Dominion won by fear and secured by fear was still sweeter than any that could be got another way. — Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

35. That old rock and roll song, ‘looking for love in all the wrong places, ‘ it’s true. — Robert Englund

36. I’m not big on rap, to be honest. I just don’t get it. It’s angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing. — Paul Weller

37. I don’t disrespect the audience. I only sing very well–written, intelligent songs. — Tony Bennett

38. If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There’s a freedom there. — Paul Stanley

39. When the world uncovers some dark disguise, Embrace the darkness with averted eyes. — Thomas Ligotti, Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

40. You wanted to feel alive, right? It doesn’t matter if you’re monster or human. Living hurts. — Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song

41. If guys don’t want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn’t do bad things. — Taylor Swift

42. I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question. — Ryan Tedder

43. Come with me into the woods where spring isadvancing, as it does, no matter what, not being singular or particular, but oneof the forever gifts, and certainly visible. — Mary Oliver, Dog Songs

44. Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality. — Martin Gore

45. I love great music and art, but I think ‘cubist’ songs and paintings are hideous. — Thomas A

46. Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing. — Richard Rohr

47. When you enter the realm of politics, you don’t enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song. — Wyclef Jean

48. Don’t try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place. — Steven Adler

49. I’ve always been the high harmony singer. It’s never my job to know the verses! But I know the chorus of every song ever made. — Vince Gill

50. I like involved projects. I’m driven by the idea of characters and the song–cycle form is similar to a musical. — Tori Amos

We hope you’ve enjoyed reading through these incredible and inspiring quotes about songs. Whether you’re a musician, an avid listener of music, or just someone who loves a good tune, music is an integral part of everyone’s life. Take these quotes to heart, and remember that your favorite song can always bring you joy, comfort, and hope.