--- title: "11 Song Work Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Song Work quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Song Work sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/jeff-tweedy-9796_audience_i-have-always-thought-it-was-important-t_153907.png" --- > [I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-tweedy/i-have-always-thought-it-was-important-to-maintain-some-connection/) [Jeff Tweedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-tweedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/jeff-tweedy-9796_audience_i-have-always-thought-it-was-important-t_153907.png) > [Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakob-dylan/songs-are-not-better-just-because-they-re-emotionally-honest-to-write/) [Jakob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/jakob-dylan-11605_because_songs-are-not-better-just-because-they-r_1254915.jpg) > [Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeli-sande/any-song-i-have-to-work-on-longer-than-a-day-i-just-leave-it-it-s-not/) [Emeli Sande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeli-sande/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/emeli-sande-16575_instant_any-song-i-have-to-work-on-longer-than-a_659450.jpg) > [Writing a song is work. You have to go deep in order to mine the material and dig it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-schmit/writing-a-song-is-work-you-have-to-go-deep-in-order-to-mine-the/) [Timothy B. Schmit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-schmit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/timothy-b-schmit-15424_deep_writing-a-song-is-work-you-have-to-go-de_1303847.jpg) > [I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it. It has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-meloy/i-think-the-music-should-definitely-underscore-the-sentiment-of-the-2/) [Colin Meloy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-meloy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/colin-meloy-16622_kind_i-think-the-music-should-definitely-unde_1164653.png) > [There are certainly a lot of people - and I won't name names - who are getting by simply on expression. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jakob-dylan/there-are-certainly-a-lot-of-people-and-i-won-t-name-names-who-are/) [Jakob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jakob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/jakob-dylan-11605_grind_there-are-certainly-a-lot-of-people-and_337864.jpg) > [I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-still-feel-like-if-i-can-get-a-song-to-work-with-say-a-basic-beat-a-2/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/david-byrne-1206_beats_i-still-feel-like-if-i-can-get-a-song-to_1646732.jpg) > [To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hughes/to-have-a-song-work-for-the-movie-it-can-t-just-be-written-apart-and/) [John Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/john-hughes-10415_about_to-have-a-song-work-for-the-movie-it-can_1671969.png) > [The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mccartney/the-most-important-ingredient-to-making-a-song-work-is-the-magic-you/) [Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mccartney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/paul-mccartney-987_feels_the-most-important-ingredient-to-making_1004813.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-ramsey/sometimes-when-you-re-writing-a-song-it-s-work-and-you-really-have-to/) [Matthew Ramsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-ramsey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/matthew-ramsey-11408_go_sometimes-when-you-re-writing-a-song-it_2711943.jpg) > [I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-still-feel-like-if-i-can-get-a-song-to-work-with-say-a-basic-beat-a/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/david-byrne-1206_fool_i-still-feel-like-if-i-can-get-a-song-to_1372969.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song-work/#itemlist", "name": "Song Work Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work by myself, to put a song across to an audience by myself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Tweedy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-tweedy/i-have-always-thought-it-was-important-to-maintain-some-connection/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/jeff-tweedy-9796_audience_i-have-always-thought-it-was-important-t_153907.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/jeff-tweedy-9796_audience_i-have-always-thought-it-was-important-t_153907.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/jeff-tweedy-9796_audience_i-have-always-thought-it-was-important-t_153907.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a…” — Jeff Tweedy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. 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