“a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I came from a military family, so there are a lot of things I think about when the anthem is playing. — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
If it came back I would be thrilled. I would be delighted to write more songs. I need them now because I… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I think, now that I've been writing songs in general, whether it's for the group or for me, I definitely feel like… — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
Success is being artistically fulfilled and happy. You can't control how people see your movie or how much money it makes...and the… — Ansel Elgort Copy Share Image
“The presence in the living room called to her, summoning her in a hundred voices and none, a great dissonant harmony alien… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
Whereas when you perform, the song is done. The music is out. People know it already. You can interpret it differently, the… — NAO Copy Share Image
“No, it wasn't the attention he needed. He just wanted to create something and know that it mattered to someone, that he… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Spending a lot of time alone, gave me a lot of time to think. A lot of time to think gave me… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
One of the first places where I started to respond to song lyrics was in reggae music. A lot of what I… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
What happens is, especially when I was writing for my band, Creedence, and it's the way I write now, I go into… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
I've had 'Spanish Flea' stuck in my head since 1998, so in a subjective sense, that is the song that's playing whenever… — Adam Rex Copy Share Image
Writing songs is a solo activity, so, if I put my mind to it, I can do it. — Joe Hisaishi Copy Share Image
I got the idea for the song 'Bad Company' when I saw a poster for the Jeff Bridges movie, and it reminded… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
...for the first time in my life, a voice went off in my head:'You have no power over what happens in your… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out. — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
There are no rules or certain methods. I usually start with the guitar or piano and sing melodies over the chords. The… — Jason Reeves Copy Share Image
I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs. — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
“We pass and leave you lying. No need for rhetoric, for funeral music, for melancholy bugle-calls. No need for tears now, no… — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
“He chanted a song of wizardry, of piercing, opening, of treachery, 490 revealing, uncovering, betraying. Then sudden Felagund there swaying sang in… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
Take a bunch of little kids to the beach and they all make art. Adults are too stupid to call it art,… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
