When I first started drumming, when I was 14 or 15, I started writing songs. I wrote for a couple of years,… — Philip Selway Copy Share Image
What keeps me interested is that I have to do it. It's like people wake up and they have to breathe; I… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
A lot of Gorillaz songs were very personal. I mean, that's why it was interesting, because it wasn't music being made for… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You… — Jim Varney Copy Share Image
I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy I like… — Gary Allan Copy Share Image
I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people can say that.… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I could write a million songs about the way you say my name. I could live a lifetime with you and then… — YANIE-MyPrecious Copy Share Image
My mom played the recorder. But not having electricity, we had minimal exposure to music. As I got a little older, we… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
I like songs that can be dark or threatening or dangerous, but its a better song if you can keep that and… — Mike Campbell Copy Share Image
Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some… — Glenn Tipton Copy Share Image
I didn't go to drama school or anything, and I learned on the job. And it's nice to have the chance to… — Maria Doyle Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are those songs that hit you in the gut - when you're the one performing it and you see the effect… — Maddie Marlow Copy Share Image
In the Troubadour days, it was all those songwriters that I hung around with all the time, so I could get songs… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
When you love what you do, you just really fall in love with it. Sometimes you record a lot more songs than… — Jacob Latimore Copy Share Image
And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time warp,… — Dan Hicks Copy Share Image
And there are certain songs that are really timepieces and shouldn't be touched. But some of them are a celebration of good… — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
I had a very thorough grounding in music; I'd grown up around songs. My parents listened to a lot of music. My… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly,… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
Richmond Fontaine bandleader Willy Vlautin writes songs akin to finely composed short stories set in the diners, bars, casinos, and old hotels… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Growing up I listened to a lot of Billy Joel, Sam Smith, Adele, Stevie Wonder, and Queen; these are artists who use… — Benson Boone Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had… — Gene Ween Copy Share Image
Even if my songs are quite sad or quite dark, I don't want my songs to make people sad. It's very important… — Aurora Copy Share Image
The past is filled with people who aren't traditionally thought of as fantastic singers singing these songs that capture people; songs like… — Stone Gossard Copy Share Image
Everybody dreams about writing one of those songs. I've had a lot of songs I'm proud of. A lot of them. But… — Everlast Copy Share Image
For me, I really feel like if there's not a real, true connection to the material, I don't need to sing it.… — Billy Porter Copy Share Image
I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff for myself. I write a song… — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don't have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
My father used to tape 'Top of the Pops' for me every Sunday, and I would sit in my bedroom, write down… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
What I find really interesting about our songs is that one part might sound completely different from another, but they fit together… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
Being associated with songs that push boundaries is amazing. If the rest of my career consists of a majority of songs that… — Sid Sriram Copy Share Image
'Appetite for Destruction' was the only thing written with lyrics and melody fitting the guitar parts at the same time. After that,… — Axl Rose Copy Share Image
When you write songs, you have to like them yourself first, but then you have to make everyone else like them, because… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that thought-out. I feel like the… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
