There are certain records from the 80s and early 90s that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go… — Beck Copy Share Image
“Softly the breezes from the forest came, Softly they blew aside the taper's flame; Clear was the song from Philomel's far bower;… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Just with the basic one guitar, one piano and one vocal and an audience, I think that the intimacy comes through more.… — Graham Nash Copy Share Image
“Yesterday night gave birth To a song, spirited and sprightly; It made my soul sparkle too, And since then, I have been… — Neelam Saxena Chandra Copy Share Image
I've written songs about love or about a relationship, but never just, 'I love you.' — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply. — Jim James Copy Share Image
I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the… — Dr. Dre Copy Share Image
I've found that little kids show a more distinct reaction when the songs are ones that everyone can enjoy together. Because people's… — Yunho Copy Share Image
Until Mad Season, I didn't have that confidence to write songs, and I really got it, playing with these guys. It meant… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Pretty much all the programming on our CDs is done by me personally, so I've kind of been able to have complete… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
This is the bunch of songs I did first, and it's just the type of thing I do. I am a Carter… — June Carter Cash Copy Share Image
'I'd Rather Go Blind' was a song I did on an album with Joe Bonamassa called 'Don't Explain,' and I've always been… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image
'God Made Girls' was such a success for me. I'm so blessed to have over half a million downloads on that song.… — RaeLynn Copy Share Image
Growing up with music as a kid - I used to feel like artists were writing songs about me falling in love. — Becky Hill Copy Share Image
There are moments in our lives that are more difficult than others. And I can look at each song and remember where… — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
“A queer, calm rage settled over her lined face, and she lifted her chin. “I have worked for ten years to become… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
I really like when the lyrics in the music have an interesting relationship between one another - where they contrast each other. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
People often look up to actors. It is not right on their part to do songs whose lyrics are not good. Actors… — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I was asked by this British band called Kairos 4Tet to write lyrics for them. And I wrote lyrics for them. The… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
The invention of Bob Dylan with his guitar belongs in its way to the same kind of tradition of something meant to… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“The first two tracks were pop songs from the 1970s, sung in Danish in a style that was best described as Abba… — Claire North Copy Share Image
You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I think the reason I was 23 before I ever wrote a song was that I was afraid of testing myself. What… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
“However beautiful a song may be, it is just a tune to those who do not understand its meaning.” — Milarepa Copy Share Image
Man-made religions find fault with one another, whereas God-made religion is eternally a oneness-song - God-manifestation through human aspiration on earth. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing songs and songs-I can fill em up with symbolism and metaphors. When you write a book (Chronicles, Vol.… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
It's interesting how some songs really lend themselves to performance in a big public venue and performance by a band and so… — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
“People said it was a song about drugs, but John Lennon said the name came from a picture his son painted of… — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
“The next song is Yuuki, meaning courage. Dedicated to our everyday and occasional heroes out there. Fighting for love, for better life,… — Shaine Lake Copy Share Image
“I think of the structure of any particular song as a house. The bathroom is the bathroom, and you have to understand… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“But the song was as intimate as a faucet dripping in the night.” — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
The radio was on and that was the first time I heard that song, the one I hate. Whenever I hear it… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful. — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
During the '80s, Nashville didn't believe women were songwriters and performers. It was an unfortunate thing, because I love writing songs. — Lorrie Morgan Copy Share Image
I approach song writing three different ways. One way is where I write the initial melody and lyrics first and then take… — Manika Copy Share Image
