I've been writing songs since I was a teenager, so one kind of song I've written a lot is about, I don't… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I think people relate to Skynyrd; it's a working class band. They're just songs with messages. To this day, there's never been… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Well we usually just try to do a mix from all the albums so if somebody just has one they don't get… — Mason Jennings Copy Share Image
My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs… — David Pajo Copy Share Image
Actually, 'Phir Na Mile Kabhi' is a very emotional and a heartbreak song and somewhere it does touch the heart of the… — Ankit Tiwari Copy Share Image
I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
I didn't really have an act per se - a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you're… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm so lost in my thoughts that I don't realize I'm listening to a song until it's almost over. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I hear somebody like Hayes Carll write a song that's touching and poignant and sad and funny all at the same… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
“Through my history's despite and ruin, I have come to its remainder, and here have made the beginning of a farm intended… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Alice and I, we'd met before, but we were able to kind of sit and chat on the set of Dark Shadows,… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
A lot of times, a bunch of songs have to be written to get to the next really good one. — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
“There must be more to life than what I've been given." ~ from the song "Off-world Colonies," by Memoria.” — C.A. Chicoine Copy Share Image
This was the first Memorial Day [Monday, May 1st, 1865]. African Americans invented Memorial Day in Charleston, South Carolina. What you have… — David W. Blight Copy Share Image
I have songs - even from my first album, I've always been on some socially conscience/love whatever music, you know? — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
So writing a song is much harder than doing a classical piece for me, because in a classical piece, I can just… — Glenn Danzig Copy Share Image
We wrote a song, while sitting on a trampoline & we loved it so much that we ended up recording it as… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
In honor of his new Nobel, this hard-core Dylanophile wants to share with you a song or two from each of his… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
Worship songs can't just be rooted in culture - they won't be deep enough. They have to be rooted in scripture. — Matt Redman Copy Share Image
My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There's virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in… — James Blake Copy Share Image
In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful. — Don McLean Copy Share Image
"Tabernacle" was probably the easiest song I'd ever wrote because all I really had to do was rhyme the words since the… — Ryan Montgomery Copy Share Image
My best capacity is to edit. If anything, I am a specialist at editing: my usual approach is to record a song… — Manu Chao Copy Share Image
You have to sit with the songs until they start to live. Or do things straight-up spontaneously. I set up a beat… — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
Every artist has the song where they say, 'I wish I could have written a song as good as this,' but they… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
You can't just sing the song and live another life, you know. It's really difficult now because that's not what it's about.… — Ice T Copy Share Image
It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
The only reason I felt like I could sing a song like 'Blown Away' is because I have definitely lived through my… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Time has changed and artists release more songs in a short span of time and that's where the auto-tune steps-in. One doesn't… — Badshah Copy Share Image
“Love is prayerfulness groping toward godliness. Love is poetry born out of the sheer joy of being. Love is song, dance, celebration:… — Osho Copy Share Image
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