I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a set of love songs for Valentine's Day so I went through my old material. I found myself… — Tom Rush Copy Share Image
'Drive,' that's the one. I love dozens of songs by R.E.M., but that's the one, even though it took me 7 or… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Sometimes I like the songs I write and sometimes I wanna shoot them in the face. — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person. — Rayvon Owen Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Bay Area, and I went to lovely public schools with gardens and arts programs, and we sang… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
I love not being in charge of writing all the songs, and being the front person - the whole thing is cool. — John Britt Daniel Copy Share Image
One of my favorite songs is 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Emily Saliers wrote that, and she is one of the most talented… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts,… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
That's what we all hope and dream to do, when we stand in front of the mirror with our Goody comb and… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though.… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and… — James McCartney Copy Share Image
My first album, 'Get Lifted,' was a hip-hop soul album that had some of its roots in the church, as far as… — John Legend Copy Share Image
A lot of my albums that I've done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. It's before you mess… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be rockin' n' rollin' when I'm 50 years old. But you can be in your prime on television,… — Toni Tennille Copy Share Image
I was a huge Beatles fan. We could talk about who I listened to growing up and what my sources were, but… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I felt a real strong connection and still do with Hanukkah. So it started out by doing concerts on Hanukkah, the Festival… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I think, ever since I started doing well commercially, it's always been like, 'Oh, well, you're only where you are because of… — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
You hear a lot of songs that are about people cheating or about infidelity. I haven't really heard one before about connecting… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
'Something/Anything?' was kind of a different record, since I'm playing everything myself. A lot of the songs on there have a particular… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I've always dreamed of having an album. The problem is that it's just very difficult to make an album nowadays because through… — Zedd Copy Share Image
Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
I've written songs on everything. Menus. Napkins. Little pieces of paper. — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
Anyone can play Doors songs, unless it's for an ad for some product. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
