I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds,… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been… — Mike Stoller Copy Share Image
Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there… — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
I have sung a couple of songs in Telugu and Hindi films, but I was not happy with that. So, I thought… — Jaya Prada Copy Share Image
'Hallelujah' is going to be a standard that our grandkids, our great-great grandkids will learn to sing in church. It's one of… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
“It will not change now After so many years; Life has not broken it With parting or tears; Death will not alter… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
Talk about songs that make me cry: Track 7 on the 'Phineas and Ferb' soundtrack, 'Summer (Where Do We Begin?).' When you… — Christopher Gorham Copy Share Image
I never want to be too mean with my songs, but with 'I Hope It Rains' it was definitely somewhere in the… — Jana Kramer Copy Share Image
I had just made this album called 'Mind Blow,' a CD-R release on Spirit of Orr. This was in 2003. Quite a… — King Tuff Copy Share Image
A good song should make you wanna tap your foot and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cops and… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
I am going to keep on singing. I have no intention of retiring. Actually, I always wonder whether people know my songs… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
I could give you a list of songs that I heard on the radio that I went right out and bought and… — Richard Carpenter Copy Share Image
Every time I get in front of an audience, I do the best I can. I really don't look at it like,… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
I think the best songs that come to me are ones that you sort of listen for. The ones - when I… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
If I can't sing them myself, there's nothing better than writing songs for other people and watching them be performed. It's kind… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Some of the best rock riffs ever written were by Jimmy Page, and I can't really name the songs, but some of… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
A lot of times I wind up playing songs like (Alice in Chains') "Down in a Hole" that make me scream at… — Bronson Arroyo Copy Share Image
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
We cut songs that touch us because if they don't touch us first, there's no way in the world we're going to… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It's pretty funny to me when I hear people say, 'I write six songs every day,' or, 'I turn out a song… — Benji Hughes Copy Share Image
For me, I'm more a fan of the songs than of the artists because often, it's not worth getting the whole album.… — Dr. Luke Copy Share Image
I don't think any of our lyrics have ever been erotic in a sexual term, because I haven't really written, touched on,… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
I think I bring the songs that aren't about me or related to me to life. It's like the song 'How Do… — Sharon Jones Copy Share Image
Like all teenagers in the early '60s, I put down my hockey stick when the Beatles got big and picked up a… — Rick Moranis Copy Share Image
A lot of the songs that I wrote during 'Pt. 1' and 'Pt. 2' are the first songs that I ever wrote… — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
I don't see the songs as uplifting, but rather as trying to make lemonade from lemons, or whatever. When I listen to… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
There are so many songs in me that haven't been born yet. So I can't call myself a genius, but I never… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I sit with my guitar and start playing... something or the other pops into my head... Basically, I write whatever that… — Aditya Roy Kapur Copy Share Image
Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's… — Jeremy Spencer Copy Share Image
You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell their friends, 'Hey man,… — Jake Owen Copy Share Image
Songs are kind of alive, I think; once you finish writing them, that doesn't mean that that's it for the song. It… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend.… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Apparently Pope John Paul II and his boys - is that what you call them? - loved one of my songs and… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I picked songs that I've been singing my whole life that stuck with me. I tried to pick stuff that was a… — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
'Haywire' is full of different kinds of love songs. It's definitely country and a little something for everybody. I feel like the… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
