It just didn't seem to fit the story and lineage, I guess…

I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit down, and…

— Justin Vernon

I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box…

— Billy Joel

Dance songs can be different sometimes - sometimes it could be related to liquor, sometimes to a girl, sometimes even a romantic track.

— Bhushan Kumar

I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there's so many different things that can make a song come together.

— Van Morrison

I like songs that go to different places and then come back.

— Sean Lennon

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.

— Luis Fonsi

When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs…

— Hillary Scott

I have favourite songs for different things. The diversity of it is the strength.

— Immortal Technique

It was immaterial to me that Elvis didn't write his own songs. Those were very different days, and he selected whatever suited him best…

— Ian Gillan

I think songs can have different lives.

— Rhiannon Giddens

I'm inspired to write songs in many different ways - it can come from a melody, a word or phrase or something I have…

— Chris de Burgh

There are definitely some songs you sing and you just know there's something about it - there's kind of a touch on it that's…

— Reuben Morgan

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 choose to do different songs for different reasons and I measure their success accordingly.

— Jonita Gandhi

When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.

— Sam Smith