The best songs are the songs you write that you don't know anything about. They're an escape. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
It will affect me in ways I can't even begin to get my mind around. This day is a dark crater. There… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
If we found an ashtray in the studio, we'd try to play it and find a part for it in a song. — Dusty Hill Copy Share Image
As a consumer, if I heard someone who said, "I've written this song," and then I found out it wasn't by them,… — Howard Lawrence Copy Share Image
I'm awful at karaoke, but if I did have to sing, I'd go for my favourite Frank Sinatra song 'I've Got You… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
“The melodious song mesmerized me and cloaked my soul in a most liberating embrace I had never known. The emotion enveloped me,… — J.D. Stroube Copy Share Image
Music is like color or acting or whatever. It's really something I think about from the beginning. Not that I always know… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll… — Chris Wyse Copy Share Image
Liesel crossed the bridge over the Amper River. The water was glorious and emerald and rich. She could see the stones at… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean Most of all You're… — Don Williams Copy Share Image
“All night i have been making songs for you in my head. A lay for your eyes, a ballad for your lips,… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“And instead of singing in the shower I would write out the lyrics of my favorite songs, the ink would turn the… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
You know, it's a pretty mysterious thing still, why you start the songs you start, and the specific flavor of them, the… — Gillian Welch Copy Share Image
I get to work a lot of times in nightclubs and large theaters, so I wanted to make music that is fun… — Alaska Copy Share Image
I think every generation has that movement of hip-hop that you know you're playing it and you definitely have that moment of… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
Papa Roach is actually a band that's great at playing arenas. Not every band is suited for that environment. But besides the… — Tony Palermo Copy Share Image
If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into… — Adam Hicks Copy Share Image
I used to do more melodic stuff, and I used to do more actual rap - like traditional hip hop vocals. I… — Galcher Lustwerk Copy Share Image
We're all writing out of a wound, and that's where our song comes from. The wound is singing. We're singing back to… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
You look at a song like 'Lightning Crashes,' and it's just so universal. — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
“There's so many,' Richie says. His voice is molasses slow. 'So many of us,' he says. 'Hitting. The wrong keys. Wandering against.… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
You do try to write songs that you feel like people can relate to and you try to be as honest as… — Sevyn Streeter Copy Share Image
Someone once said that "The Waste Land" was a scum of poetry floating on a sea of footnotes. That resonated with me,… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
Now I will do nothing but listen to accrue what I hear into this song. To let sounds contribute toward it. I… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We went from being a band that was recording songs in my bandmate's bedroom to a band that's doing extensive touring and… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
I pinch myself every night when I hear the overture starting. I'm so overwhelmed by the whole process, and humbled and giddy… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday... — John Mayer Copy Share Image
Some of my favorite songs--and I don't know if this is the right terminology--are white-boy classics. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I really lucked out with that song ["As Cool As I Am"]. Men were becoming much more comfortable with all the different… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
'Jesus of Suburbia' is such a dynamic song from start to finish; it's nine minutes of craziness and hectic-ness and emotion... It's… — Aquaria Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the Lord just takes blessed people because they've filled their purpose early. Everyone plays their own song. They sing their story… — Linda Kage Copy Share Image
![“Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my…” quote by Chris Wyse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a3c/chris-wyse-47819_band_wherever-inspiration-comes-from-it-s-lik_348061.jpg)
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