Songs always get better after you start playing them live.

I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing…

— El DeBarge

I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was…

— Jason Mraz

Playing live is a lot of fun. You get one shot, ... But at the end of the day, it's all rock 'n' roll.

— Jason Mraz

There are certainly a lot of people - and I won't name names - who are getting by simply on expression. And I guess…

— Jakob Dylan

There are just certain songs its better to stay away from, so why am I playing them on repeat?

— Anonymous

The older songs were better songs, because they had lyrics with a story to tell. Aretha and Otis told stories.

— Wilson Pickett

I think some songs are better on vinyl. I would rather listen to it in a club! 80% of this album; put it on…

— Brendon Urie

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind…

— Jakob Dylan

I still do one song by myself onstage. it gives people the extremely personal thing where it's just me on guitar. But, I think…

— Butterfly Boucher

[Bob] Dylan's broken-heart songs are so much better. Like "Simple Twist of Fate".

— Bob Dylan

I can bet nobody can sing Nat King Cole's songs better than me.

— Bob Christo

I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape and a…

— Richard Thompson

It's not about being happy 100 percent all the time, cause that's just life. I make sad songs, too, that really only make the…

— Kyle

For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going to be.

— Chris Stapleton

“I think they would like the songs better if I left out the names, or changed the pronouns.”

— David Levithan