Quotes with tag: Optimism
"But I've got this guitar, and I can barely play."
Artist: The Loved Ones
Song: Jane
Album: Keep Your Heart, 2006
"I guess I didn't have a clue, I thought the world would change with the right song."
Artist: Face to Face
Song: Shoot the Moon
Album: How to Ruin Everything, 2002
"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
"Surrender all your dreams to me tonight, they'll come true in the end."
Artist: Pat Benatar
Song: Shadows of the Night
Album: Get Nervous, 1982
"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
"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
"Don't stop thinking about tomorrow. Don't stop, it'll soon be here. "
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Song: Don't Stop
Album: Rumours, 1977
"Shoot the moon...Hit or miss it makes no difference."
Artist: Face to Face
Song: Shoot the Moon
Album: How to Ruin Everything, 2002
"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
"Now I got up my nerve, and found me a stone."
Artist: The Gaslight Anthem
Song: Miles Davis and the Cool
Album: The '59 Sound, 2008
"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
"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
"Life is only as good as the memories we make."
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
"'There's no time to lose,' I heard her say, 'Catch your dreams before they slip away'."
Artist: The Rolling Stones
Song: Ruby Tuesday
Album: Between the Buttons, 1967
"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
"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
"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
"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
"If time has taught me anything...got to learn to be the ball"
Artist: Kenny Loggins
Song: Nobody's Fool
Album: Caddyshack II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1988
"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
"Then we played bones, and I'm yellin', 'Domino!'"
Artist: Ice Cube
Song: It Was a Good Day
Album: The Predator, 1992
"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
"And of course you can't become if you only say what you would have done."
Artist: Len
Song: Steal My Sunshine
Album: You Can't Stop the Bum Rush, 1999
"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
"Years gone by, and I'd say we kicked some ass. When I'm enraged or hittin' the stage, adrenaline rushin' through my veins- I'd say we're still kicking ass."
Artist: Motley Crue
Song: Kickstart My Heart
Album: Dr. Feelgood, 1989
"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
"My shangri la beneath the summer moon- I will return again."
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Song: Kashmir
Album: Physical Graffiti, 1975
"Giant steps are what you take, walking on the moon."
Artist: The Police
Song: Walking On The Moon
Album: Reggatta de Blanc, 1979
"We close our eyes and the world has turned around again."
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Song: We Close Our Eyes
Album: Boi-ngo, 1987
"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
"Seems I'm not alone at being alone - hundred billion castaways, looking for a home."
Artist: The Police
Song: Message in a Bottle
Album: Reggatta de Blanc, 1979
"When we rise it's like strawberry fields."
Artist: Bush
Song: Glycerine
Album: Sixteen Stone, 1994
"You know we don't give a fuck it's not your birthday."
Artist: 50 Cent
Song: In Da Club
Album: Get Rich Or Die Tryin', 2003
"The fire in your eyes keeps me alive."
Artist: The Cult
Song: She Sells Sanctuary
Album: Love, 1985
"And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain, don’t carry the world upon your shoulders."
Artist: The Beatles
Song: Hey Jude
Album: Hey Jude, 1968
"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