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title: "7 Song Used Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I give a lot of credit to 'Cherry Pie.' It has stood the test of time. It's a little catchy. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jani-lane/i-give-a-lot-of-credit-to-cherry-pie-it-has-stood-the-test-of-time-it/)

[Jani Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jani-lane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/jani-lane-13323_cherry-pie_i-give-a-lot-of-credit-to-cherry-pie-it_94356.jpg)

> [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)

> [Stevie didn't use the technology to drive the song. He used it to enhance. I use the tools to further my work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mcknight/stevie-didn-t-use-the-technology-to-drive-the-song-he-used-it-to/)

[Brian McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mcknight/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe9/brian-mcknight-8171_song_stevie-didn-t-use-the-technology-to-driv_393638.png)

> [“Inside the card, I told Sam that the present I gave her was given to me by my Aunt Helen. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/inside-the-card-i-told-sam-that-the-present-i-gave-her-was-given-to/)

[Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/stephen-chbosky-387_thought-beautiful_inside-the-card-i-told-sam-that-the-pres_482245.png)

> [It's always interesting - how do you actually convey thought through song? We're used to the convention on stage. In film, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-jackman/it-s-always-interesting-how-do-you-actually-convey-thought-through/)

[Hugh Jackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-jackman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/hugh-jackman-1847_always_it-s-always-interesting-how-do-you-actua_1136438.jpg)

> [Music, for centuries and centuries, was used to teach everything. It was used to teach language, mathematics, history. The news was music.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-bone-burnett/music-for-centuries-and-centuries-was-used-to-teach-everything-it-was/)

[T Bone Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-bone-burnett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/t-bone-burnett-15022_century_music-for-centuries-and-centuries-was-us_2100393.png)

> [We were on a tour, and there were some chord formations that were tough for me to play when I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorma-kaukonen/we-were-on-a-tour-and-there-were-some-chord-formations-that-were/)

[Jorma Kaukonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorma-kaukonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/jorma-kaukonen-31193_chords_we-were-on-a-tour-and-there-were-some-ch_2969472.jpg)

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