I love originating shows and originating songs - there is…

Originating something is what every actor waits for. Usually, those opportunities are offered to people who already have a name.

— Carmen Cusack

You must understand the feeling of originating as opposed to imitating.

— Sailor Jerry

I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter…

— Dolly Parton

This 'Making Mirrors' album is far more personal, even if there's a character element to the sounds I'm working with. Every song on this…

— Gotye

My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as the sonic…

— John Legend

When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I…

— M. Ward

I get lots of requests from people to write sad songs, and I'm like, 'No, that's rubbish patter.'

— Lewis Capaldi

I have sung some songs in Telugu and Malayalam. And I want to sing in Tamil, too.

— Raashi Khanna

So I concentrated on the rhythmic side of things, and therefore left a lot of holes. I didn't want to use big pad chords…

— Midge Ure

Funny how 90% of the songs is based on something that's so painful.

— Anonymous

I sometimes think I should write a book. I've seen some things, you know, but it's all there in the songs.

— Dizzee Rascal

I want to make myself and the crowd happy by way of something different, and that makes things difficult. I'm never playing something that…

— Tiesto

If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year.

— Randy Jackson

I think a lot of our songs are good.

— Hope Sandoval

There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I…

— Daniel Caesar