I like songs that don't just repeat verse/chorus.

I try not to release songs that I'm not proud of, and even songs that I don't connect with.

— Andrew McMahon

“It’s true—there are only, like, two songs about rainbows, including that one. He should be asking why there are so few songs about rainbows.”

— Cheryl Cory

I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show.

— Paul Gilbert

I don't like when songs are distinctly happy or sad.

— Alex G

Everything needs to be catchy because a listener is either going to stay with the song or lose interest in the first five seconds.…

— Benny Blanco

I think you want to write a song that's like the songs you are into.

— Craig Finn

I like songs. It's a weakness that I have.

— Mani Ratnam

I've got a few reasons why I've got to maintain stability. I've got into wanting people to hear my music. I've got something I…

— Sly Stone

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 way I…

— Langhorne Slim

One of my main problems with music is that the basic formula is always the same: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, chorus,…

— Buzz Osborne

I've written probably over 200 songs that have a verse and a chorus and that's it.

— Hunter Parrish

Grunge, man, that was incredible. It was dangerous. It was not verse/chorus. Songs could be short, long, a lark, majestic. You were constantly being…

— Martin Popoff

I didn't know how write a song, (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, bridge, verse), etc., and I didn't know how to write lyrics,…

— Petra Haden

There is a real formula to writing music, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. It's very formulaic. The subject matter that you can address in…

— Edgar Winter

In a lot of African music, the singers are just singing whatever they feel at the time - because the instrumentation is repetitive, they…

— Avey Tare