I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
Sting I've seen a few times, and he really inspired me in the sense that he breaks the songs down a lot… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
Whenever I'd go anywhere with my dad - in his 1980 burgundy Dodge Ram - he'd always listen to mix tapes of… — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
There was a singer-songwriter who slept on our couch for a year when I was about 7 or 8. She used to… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
I've only covered a few songs because I feel that if you're not going to go beyond the original artist in some… — Dawn Angelique Copy Share Image
I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
In my head, I actually think my songs are pop songs. I think, 'Damn, that's a pop song!' I can practice in… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be… — Desmond Dekker Copy Share Image
I like to be on most of my songs. I think being on your songs makes it all the more special in… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
All my songs usually borrow from my own life but pull from fantasy or other people's stories that you hear, or something… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
When I started, I faced a lot of hardships. People used to call me a Rafi clone because I used to sing… — Sonu Nigam Copy Share Image
As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I can't express… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,'… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of… — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did.… — Isaac Hayes Copy Share Image
I've always been a spontaneous singer. And all the stuff that you hear on the end of the songs, what they call… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
I know a lot of artists say this, but it's hard to put myself in a box. I just write songs that… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
Some Lynyrd Skynyrd songs are literally the backdrop of America. Songs like 'Simple Man' and 'Free Bird' and 'Alabama.' I wasn't prepared… — Johnny Colt Copy Share Image
In '88, '89, '90, '91... When I was making these albums, it would be four or five songs that didn't have any… — Too Short Copy Share Image
I sing to my wife; it helps me. She was my muse. I've written so many songs about her, to her, with… — Ian McLagan Copy Share Image
I always work on the songs all together up until the very end. I never mix a song and think, "Okay, now… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I can’t tell you what that first song was about. Something about love and a boy and a girl… And this boy… — Jennifer Flackett Copy Share Image
My favorite music isn't necessarily the songs that One Direction come out with. That doesn't mean to say I don't secretly really… — Louis Tomlinson Copy Share Image
If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well… — Otis Redding Copy Share Image
I remember breaking the news to both my parents that I wanted to be a director, and they both looked very doubtful.… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
I tried to be in loads of bands and it hadn't really worked out. My friends weren't as into it as I… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
People like to hear songs that they can dance to. Even if they're sitting, they like being made to want to dance… — Illinois Jacquet Copy Share Image
I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever… — Peter Noone Copy Share Image
There are so many songs out there in the world that - if I know we have to come up with a… — Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
It was like those songs I'd heard as a child, each so familiar, and all mine. When i got older and realized… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I had all the material for a long time, but I was just too busy. Sometimes we'd sit around at home and… — June Carter Cash Copy Share Image
I always been writing songs since I was, like, six. I was listening to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Frankie Laine and… — Kyle Copy Share Image
Our aim is to establish El Cartel as not just another tequila but part of the club and party lifestyle. There are… — Daddy Yankee Copy Share Image
“Deep in the woods, beside the swift-running stream, I stood listening, until the faint rustle of leaves reached me—soft songs drifting on… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
