You have to love writing a song and architecture. You have to give it a form. It is my job to create… — Keren Ann Copy Share Image
The main thing for all of us was having a ballad, a slower song. Finally, they get to hear more of a… — Ally Brooke Copy Share Image
Echo & the Bunnymen just copied 'People Are Strange,' which is cool, we made some money, thanks. But when an artist finds… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
There was this wonderful day where we sat and listened to all of Andy's [Kim] songs throughout the years, and I think… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last.… — Billy Eckstine Copy Share Image
The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most; and I don't know whether pop… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
There is plenty of people I'd love to collaborate with, would love to produce with, would love to write songs with. — Kris Allen Copy Share Image
“Disquiet and desire. What you want and what you're scared to try for. Where you've been and where you want to go.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The jam stuff doesn't appeal to me in general. My newfound love for the Dead came from Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia's… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
I write about things that tear me apart, and it's all very personal to me. It's funny to hear people disassemble the… — Robby Takac Copy Share Image
One Long Year was just a song here and there, and it was meant to reflect the mood that I was in… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van… — Phil Anselmo Copy Share Image
In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our… — Lucas Grabeel Copy Share Image
I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
This artistic uprising we had the other night in Washington Square park: there was poetry, there was dance, there was song, there… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly… — Peter Gallagher Copy Share Image
I'm from Chicago and that's where I created all of my most prized possesions, which are my songs. — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
Even when there's not a joke or a hook, the first line has to be good and snapem to attention. Songs ain't… — Dan Bern Copy Share Image
I wanted 'Imitations' to be a fully realized record from start to finish, with a cohesive sound and a sequence that took… — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
There are songs I really enjoy playing. I like playing "Say It" live because it's a long jam, kind of like shoegaze,… — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
I would start seeing, in just the sense I was saying now, the kind of record it was going to be and… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
I try not to think about the idea of reaching more and more people, because once you get in that mindset, I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When you start writing songs on your own, there's no Bible, there's no one around you, so you're just writing, and you're… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
I suppose ever since I was about 14, I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's," and I remember thinking, "how do you possibly… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
In my earlier days of writing for myself, I wanted songs to be more complex. I thought they had to be for… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
To whom to ask, why is it so, this world is, as if mute.. Where to find moments of joy, Even time… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every Christmas my hometown radio station would always play 'Christmas In Dixie' by Alabama. I always remember lovin' that song. — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
I'm a co-writer, publisher of that song ["Right Now" ], so for it to get accepted, we had to sign off on… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
When I play with my band around the U.S.A., the most requested song is 'Peace Frog.' — Robby Krieger Copy Share Image
From a philosophical point of view, if I had one song of mine that I would want to live on, it is… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I feel like if you got a good beat, you could damn near say anything on the song gonna be good. But… — GloRilla Copy Share Image
It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song,… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
Love is just a song which is listen by many but few people will only understand the lyrics of it — Tjalekganya Copy Share Image
'Float On' was a fine song, but I was still writing the lyrics on the last day we were working on it… — Isaac Brock Copy Share Image
I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image