Songs Quotes · Page 61

There's a joy I get from collaborating with other artists, and there's a joy I get from making songs on my own.

— Rostam Batmanglij

My day job is that I write songs for other artists and if I'm not on the road I'm in my studio.

— Chesney Hawkes

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.

— Martina McBride

These days the whole 'American Idol' and 'The X Factor' and all that stuff has opened up doors for songwriters like me.…

— Chesney Hawkes

In Latin America, people want you to write beautiful melodies and words. But there are also songs that do well because they…

— Maluma

They're powerful, those songs. At times they've been my only way back, the only door out of the dark, bad places the…

— Johnny Cash

I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.

— Mika

I've written plenty of songs that are not tailored for me, writing six different songs to fit six different artists' visions.

— Matthew Koma

I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I…

— Stone Gossard

You can't really take it for granted that people listen to your music. I want to write songs that are on par,…

— Adam Granduciel

Coming from the U.K., I can think of so many great songs and musical moments that didn't require a belter of a…

— Carmen Ejogo

I love country music so much. I love all kinds of music. But when it comes down to it, I'm from East…

— Ashley Monroe

I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I…

— Valerie June

When I am not working, I go to the movies, text my friends, my thumbs are faster than lightening on that keyboard!,…

— Ariel Winter

My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard…

— Esperanza Spalding

Certain songs like 'Enjoy the Silence' - to me, it always fits anywhere. There's something about that song that's really timeless, and…

— Dave Gahan

It's always the theme that defines the songs and background score of any film.

— Devi Sri Prasad

We can guarantee you that 15 to 30 seconds of any of our songs are going to be good. The rest, we can't guarantee.

— Benji Madden

When I write songs, it's just me and a cassette player - or at least it used to be before smartphones -…

— Rick Nielsen

I lived a lot of those songs, I lived 'Time to Creep,' I lived 'Love You Bad.'

— Mark Morrison

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

— Yael Naim

I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.

— Bebe Rexha

I grew up listening to Hindi and Marathi songs of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosale.

— Javed Ali

I really like the European carols, and I like that captivating sound that they have that isn't usually in Christmas songs.

— David Archuleta

Women need a lot of understanding, and they need songs to help them express themselves.

— Lorrie Morgan

I wanted to have absolute control over my music - from the chords and the voicings of the songs to the arrangements…

— Rosalia

Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of…

— Arlo Guthrie

I won't get into it any more than to say that there are parts of me in all the songs that I…

— Tracy Chapman

These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. They are only meant to terrify & comfort.

— John Berryman

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

— James Bay

I was thrilled when I was offered the opportunity to compose music for three songs penned by Karunanidhi in 'Paasakiligal.'

— Vidyasagar

I had been writing songs from the age of 7 or 8 years old, and they were so bad. But it was…

— Raye

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

— Yael Naim

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

I'm a sucker for two things: Adam Lambert and songs that start out as emo as a sad episode of 'Felicity' and…

— Phoebe Robinson

It used to be OK to have two or three songs out a year - and those are your singles. Now, they…

— Jay Sean

A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as…

— Idina Menzel

All my favourite pop songs are the most stupid ones, the ones that are the most obvious.

— Charli XCX

I was always into music and stuff, so I would always make songs since I was little.

— Kali Uchis

With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them.

— Alice Ripley