I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
Writing a song is work. You have to go deep in order to mine the material and dig it out. — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it. It has… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
There are certainly a lot of people - and I won't name names - who are getting by simply on expression. And… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're writing a song, it's work, and you really have to make sure you're kind of pounding out every little… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
