Songs Quotes · Page 66

I think that once you start writing songs, you start developing a library of ideas that you can go and take from,…

— James Mercer

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to…

— Diana Krall

Im eating a Chop Suey dish and hanging with a very teen smelling friend. And for some reason, I have this strange…

— Ignas Kardas

Linda's in all the songs. 'Sunshine Superman,' 'Hampstead Incident,' 'Young Girl Blues'... Linda's the muse.

— Donovan

I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships - ex-relationship, I should say.

— Shawn Mendes

Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set…

— Gotye

I've probably cried with a lot of songs - in teenage crushes, adult crushes.

— Aretha Franklin

When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the…

— Matthew Ramsey

People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly,…

— Arlo Guthrie

Richmond Fontaine bandleader Willy Vlautin writes songs akin to finely composed short stories set in the diners, bars, casinos, and old hotels…

— George Pelecanos

I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention.…

— Alex Turner

We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had…

— Gene Ween

As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project.…

— Martin Gore

There's so much more you can do with the dynamics of songs when they're simple... I think it was what I needed…

— Sarah Blasko

You can't make everybody happy. We just put our head down and went forward. We said, 'This music is bigger than all…

— Jonathan Cain

I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible,…

— Dan Hill

A lot of songs are inspiration and help people through pain, grief and loss.

— Olivia Newton-John

I get a lot of joy out of covering other people's songs, and, at my best, I think I bring something a…

— Shawn Colvin

When we make demos of our songs, we do our demos in English - the whole song's in English.

— Jennie

I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs.

— Hunter Hayes

I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar…

— Jesse Harris

I wanted the songs to be themselves, instead of worrying about all this crazy slickster production.

— Ryan Cabrera

I love hearing old songs I used to love. They're like memories you can always go back to.

— Anonymous

I feel like the first album contained a lot of personal songs, like 'The Foundation' or 'Carry the Weight.'

— Xzibit

The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in.

— Sydney Carter

My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

— Kate Micucci

They have barricades at our gigs - to keep people in. We do most of the songs from 'Scrubs' over 55 minutes.

— Sam Lloyd

Some people come into your life to make you fall in love with songs you had no idea existed

— Hussein Nishah

There are a lot of duets happening, but very few songs which are sung by only one woman.

— Neha Bhasin

Great songs come out of people's bedrooms; they come out of studios; there's no formula for it.

— Jack Antonoff

You don't have to work with everybody and be on songs with everybody just to make it.

— Rich the Kid

I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one…

— Jacob Artist

I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience.

— Leon Bridges

When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't.

— Ryan Hurd

I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.

— Sharon Van Etten

Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of…

— Grace Jones

You learn alot about people when you listen to the songs that mean something to them

— Anonymous

There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.

— Leona Lewis

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but its good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

— Andy Gibb

You have certain songs that bands make that just don't go away. We were blessed with that, and it was 'All Star.'

— Steve Harwell