Quotes with tag: Character
"Out here in the fields, I fight for my meals."
Artist: The Who
Song: Baba O'Riley
Album: Who's Next, 1971
"I'm trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents; It's hard to be legit and still pay the rent."
Artist: 2Pac
Song: Keep Ya Head Up
Album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..., 1993
"Forgive, but don't forget. Girl, keep your head up."
Artist: 2Pac
Song: Keep Ya Head Up
Album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..., 1993
"You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down."
Artist: Tom Petty
Song: I Won't Back Down
Album: Full Moon Fever, 1989
"Don't wait too long to come home. My how the years and our youth pass on."
Artist: The Gaslight Anthem
Song: Miles Davis and the Cool
Album: The '59 Sound, 2008
"Know that 15 minutes of famous ain't gonna be what makes us or breaks us. But we'll all be watchin' the TV, the day that it comes."
Artist: Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw
Song: May We All
Album: Dig Your Roots, 2016
"Shoot the moon...Hit or miss it makes no difference."
Artist: Face to Face
Song: Shoot the Moon
Album: How to Ruin Everything, 2002
"I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug."
Artist: Rise Against
Song: Audience of One
Album: Appeal to Reason, 2008
"I'm not the man they think I am at home."
Artist: Elton John
Song: Rocket Man
Album: Honky Chateau, 1972
"Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did."
Artist: Elton John
Song: Candle in the Wind
Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973
"The price may be: to keep your heart, you'll lose your head."
Artist: The Loved Ones
Song: The Odds
Album: Keep Your Heart, 2006
"You broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man."
Artist: John Parr
Song: St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
Album: St. Elmo's Fire Soundtrack, 1985
"This is the time to remember, 'cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold on to - 'cause we won’t, although we want to."
Artist: Billy Joel
Song: This Is The Time
Album: The Bridge, 1986
"And do you feel scared? I do. But I won't stop and falter."
Artist: Howard Jones
Song: Things Can Only Get Better
Album: Dream Into Action, 1985
"We'd hit the ground running on empty."
Artist: Alkaline Trio
Song: Warbrain
Album: Remains, 2007
"When this hourglass has filtered out its final grain of sand, I raise my glass to the memories we had."
Artist: The Ataris
Song: So Long, Astoria
Album: So Long, Astoria, 2003
"We ride and never worry about the fall. I guess that's just the cowboy in us all."
Artist: Tim McGraw
Song: Cowboy in Me
Album: Set This Circus Down, 2001
"You'll never see the end of the road when you're traveling with me."
Artist: Crowded House
Song: Don't Dream It's Over
Album: Crowded House, 1986
"I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?"
Artist: Tears For Fears
Song: Head Over Heels
Album: Songs From the Big Chair, 1985
"Jesus don't love me, no one ever carried my load. I'm too young to feel this old."
Artist: Kings of Leon
Song: Cold Desert
Album: Only by the Night, 2008
"I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes...I'm coming home."
Artist: Diddy
Song: Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey)
Album: Last Train to Paris, 2010
"We raced the sunset and we almost won. We slammed the brakes but the wheels went on."
Artist: Rise Against
Song: Audience of One
Album: Appeal to Reason, 2008
"I might only have one match, but I can make an explosion."
Artist: Rachel Platten
Song: Fight Song
Album: Wildfire, 2015
"No one's knocked upon my door, for a thousand years or more. All made up and no where to go - welcome to this one-man show."
Artist: The Police
Song: So Lonely
Album: Outlandos d'Amour, 1978
"Only hope can keep me together."
Artist: The Police
Song: Message in a Bottle
Album: Reggatta de Blanc, 1979
"It's a big enough umbrella, but it's always me that ends up getting wet."
Artist: The Police
Song: Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
Album: Ghost in the Machine, 1981
"I will go in this way, and find my own way out."
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Song: #41
Album: Crash, 1996
"I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well. I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been."
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Song: Lie in Our Graves
Album: Crash, 1996
"Regrets collect like old friends, here to relive your darkest moments."
Artist: Florence + the Machine
Song: Shake It Out
Album: Ceremonials, 2011
"The road is long, with many a winding turn."
Artist: The Hollies
Song: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Album: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, 1969
"When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose."
Artist: Bob Dylan
Song: Like A Rolling Stone
Album: Highway 61 Revisited, 1965
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."
Artist: Nat King Cole
Song: Nature Boy
Album: The Nat King Cole Story, 1948
"What I've felt, what I've known - never shined through in what I've shown."
Artist: Metallica
Song: The Unforgiven
Album: Metallica, 1991
"I don't want a never-ending life. I just want to be alive while I'm here."
Artist: The Strumbellas
Song: Spirits
Album: Hope, 2016
"I wanna live, not just survive."
Artist: Destiny's Child
Song: Survivor
Album: Survivor, 2001
"And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had."
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Song: Dreams
Album: Rumours, 1977
"I'm not afraid to take a stand, everybody come take my hand. We'll walk this road together, through the storm. Whatever weather, cold or warm. Just let you know that, you're not alone."
Artist: Eminem
Song: Not Afraid
Album: Recovery, 2010
"I'm through with standing in line to clubs I'll never get in. It's like the bottom of the ninth and I'm never gonna win."
Artist: Taylor Swift
Song: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Album: Red, 2012
"Your head will collapse if there's nothing in it."
Artist: Pixies
Song: Where Is My Mind?
Album: Surfer Rosa, 1988
"I've been looking so long at these pictures of you, that I almost believe that they're real."
Artist: The Cure
Song: Pictures of You
Album: Disintegration, 1989
"Don't think aloud, but have a voice. And when you think the time is right, don't ever be afraid to fight."
Artist: Face to Face
Song: Complicated
Album: Face to Face, 1996
"He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich."
Artist: Men at Work
Song: Down Under
Album: Business as Usual, 1981
"It's times like these you learn to live again."
Artist: Foo Fighters
Song: Times Like These
Album: One By One, 2002
"We close our eyes and the world has turned around again."
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Song: We Close Our Eyes
Album: Boi-ngo, 1987
"Life is too short, so love the one you got."
Artist: Sublime
Song: What I Got
Album: Sublime, 1996
"You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow, this opportunity comes once in a lifetime"
Artist: Eminem
Song: Lose Yourself
Album: 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, 2002
"If you had one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment - Would you capture it or just let it slip?"
Artist: Eminem
Song: Lose Yourself
Album: 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, 2002
"Take these broken wings, and learn to fly again - learn to live so free."
Artist: Mr. Mister
Song: Broken Wings
Album: Welcome to the Real World, 1985
"I'm on the edge, and if you told me it'd stay this way, I'd take two steps to send me anywhere but this place."
Artist: Smoke or Fire
Song: Goodbye to Boston
Album: Above the City, 2005
"The fire in your eyes keeps me alive."
Artist: The Cult
Song: She Sells Sanctuary
Album: Love, 1985
"You know what they said? Well, some of it was true!"
Artist: The Clash
Song: London Calling
Album: London Calling, 1979
"I see it clearer in the rearview mirror than I ever did lookin' out over the hood."
Artist: Florida Georgia Line
Song: Hell Raisin' Heat of the Summer
Album: Here's to the Good Times, 2012
"Try to see it once my way."
Artist: Alice in Chains
Song: Would
Album: Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1992