The older songs were better songs, because they had lyrics with a story to tell. Aretha and Otis told stories. — Wilson Pickett Copy Share Image
I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones… — Dee Dee Ramone Copy Share Image
We stand on our songs and we stand on the songs that we wrote for other people. That gives us a higher… — Valerie Simpson Copy Share Image
I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and… — Patrick Wang Copy Share Image
People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish. — Ailyn Perez Copy Share Image
I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs. — Brenda Lee Copy Share Image
I get to go make music, and I get paid to do it, and this is what people love me for. I… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
I think that once you start writing songs, you start developing a library of ideas that you can go and take from,… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
Rap for me is like making movies, telling stories, and getting the emotions of the songs through in just as deep a… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
When my sister and I were kids, swimming down in Charleston, there was this pizza parlor that had this old Dixieland band… — Thomas Gibson Copy Share Image
With 'Acid Rap,' I allowed myself to be really open-minded and free with who I allowed into my musical space. I wanted… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't,… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
