My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
The first song I ever wrote was when I was 12, and it had, like, four lines in it. You progress and… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I tend to have a lot of songs ready for each record I do anyway. I always have. I was thinking, the… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear, And he shows them pearly white. Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear, And he keeps… — Kurt Weill Copy Share Image
“He was sitting in the midst of a children's party at Harold's Cross. His silent watchful manner had grown upon him and… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“What is the song, the pop song? Is it a conduit to give out the feeling in a compact form, a short… — Brendan Fowler Copy Share Image
He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
“-I'll play you a song. Blake flexed his fingers and concentrated harder on the cardboard, moving his hands methodically over it's surface.… — Debra Anastasia Copy Share Image
A lot of my songs are written prophetically: I write something, and then I make it happen. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to find the perfect Nirvana song that's an example of that, but you do hear a lot of their… — Ian Christe Copy Share Image
The charms of money are distinctly under-represented in literature. There are no songs or poems extolling its virtues. This seems on the… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
You are in some songs that still get played on the radio when the DJ is feeling nostalgic. You are in a… — I Wrote This For You Copy Share Image
I don't think about Norfolk as I write songs, sadly no! But things like 'High' is a song about watching the dawn… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. — Casey Kasem Copy Share Image
I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
I've grown fonder for Hillary Clinton since she ran for the presidency. I think that it's emblematic of the Rolling Stones song,… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
I once heard someone doing a karaoke version of my song. That was pretty funny. — Rachael Yamagata Copy Share Image
“Ser Loras lusts for glory as real men lust for women, the least the gods can do is grant him a death… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
My song is ya girlfriend's wakin up ringer... or alarm or whateva. She'll be here at 6 in the morn if I… — Drake Copy Share Image
Writing a song doesn't heal things. Even if the song comes up with a solution, it's still only a theory. Going out… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
“My favourite songs from literally all my favourite albums are usually always track 10. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Illuminati? Time will tell.” — Tyler Hojberg Copy Share Image
“Birdsong brings relief to my longing. I am just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say! Please, universal soul,… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Every word has a meaning, Every work has a reason, Every song has a pain, Every love has a prison.” — Lalit Majrikar Copy Share Image
The thing about the national anthem is that it's actually a pretty difficult song to sing for anybody. — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
“Upon Good Earth, lay the body down, open the mouth wide, let song rush through.” — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
When you think you're over me And your bad baby is dead and gone Remember I'm the ghost in your machine I'm… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
“You are my song, my dark blue dream Of doves, of winter's drowsy drone, And sleighs that slow and golden go Through… — Velimir Khlebnikov Copy Share Image
My most favorite entrance music of all time... it's that, "You're my obsession, you're my obsession" song [Animotion's "Obsession"]. — Joseph Bruce Copy Share Image
Everyone knows the power of a song and it takes you back to that place. Just that power of words can heal. — Jimmy Wayne Copy Share Image
“The sound of the chorus came across the water and I felt leap up that old impulse, which has moved me all… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It more or less has the shape of a love song, but 'Crescent Moon' reflects more my longing for an ancient romantic… — Frank Black Copy Share Image
I put a lot of work into my lyrics. Not all my stuff is meant to be scrutinized, though. — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Things just evolve. I sort of have no control over what happens with the songs. Sometimes I'm afraid I might wake up… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image