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title: "7 Song Things Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I played a couple of ideas and then had this unusual texture underneath which was like this little granulated kind of pipe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-r-rahman/i-played-a-couple-of-ideas-and-then-had-this-unusual-texture/)

[A. R. Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-r-rahman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/a-r-rahman-4481_couple_i-played-a-couple-of-ideas-and-then-had_282296.jpg)

> [I try to keep my eyes and ears open all the time for the bones of my next song: things people say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-kimbrough/i-try-to-keep-my-eyes-and-ears-open-all-the-time-for-the-bones-of-my/)

[Will Kimbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-kimbrough/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/will-kimbrough-44727_bones_i-try-to-keep-my-eyes-and-ears-open-all_670702.jpg)

> ['Fantasy' is one of the fewer tracks where it's more literal than most of our things, but at the same time it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzy-plapinger/fantasy-is-one-of-the-fewer-tracks-where-it-s-more-literal-than-most/)

[Lizzy Plapinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizzy-plapinger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/lizzy-plapinger-32589_appearing_fantasy-is-one-of-the-fewer-tracks-where_867790.jpg)

> [When I'm writing a song, things are always popping into my head, it's not so direct. It feels more like I'm in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-stone/when-i-m-writing-a-song-things-are-always-popping-into-my-head-it-s/)

[Julia Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-stone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/julia-stone-68664_bigs_when-i-m-writing-a-song-things-are-alway_944485.jpg)

> [I try to find little things that you can do to move the song along and things that serve the song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benmont-tench/i-try-to-find-little-things-that-you-can-do-to-move-the-song-along/)

[Benmont Tench](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benmont-tench/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/benmont-tench-18025_little-things_i-try-to-find-little-things-that-you-can_1590858.jpg)

> [When you're in the moment and not over thinking the song is when things tend to really work. You're not so focused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-granduciel/when-you-re-in-the-moment-and-not-over-thinking-the-song-is-when-2/)

[Adam Granduciel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-granduciel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/adam-granduciel-8971_moment_when-you-re-in-the-moment-and-not-over-t_1895131.jpg)

> [Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/some-things-need-to-be-a-song-some-things-need-to-be-a-play-some/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/andy-wilkinson-41009_choreographers_some-things-need-to-be-a-song-some-thing_2684398.jpg)

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