The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '90s. I don't think I… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
There have been periods in my life where I have experienced depression. It has been through some of my darkest moments that… — Gerry Rafferty Copy Share Image
Name ten songs you want to hear again before you die, get all of your friends together and scream them. Because right… — Paul Baribeau Copy Share Image
I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I wrote these two songs ["Coming Out of the Dark" and "Always Tomorrow"] as a celebration of hope. And I want to… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Think about being onstage playing these songs. I'm opening my personal life up to all these people. But I just can't get… — Tony Kanal Copy Share Image
In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
There are some pop songs I hate but I can't get them out of my head. Our songs also have the standard… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
At a festival, a lot of people came to see other artists, so you have to put on a signature set and… — Afrojack Copy Share Image
My goal is to put out an album with every song being an original composition of mine. I want the credits to… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
I'm dead serious about my craft and just really serious about making music in itself. I take pride in making songs and… — Big Boi Copy Share Image
It's amazing when I do a gig how many people of different ages come up to me afterwards and chat to me… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as writing hit songs that you… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family where, through my teenage years, I was expected to go to church on Sunday. It wasn't… — John Irving Copy Share Image
One of my songs was on a jazz station for awhile. It was a song that I wrote for a jazz sax… — Trevor Donovan Copy Share Image
Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things,… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 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 would describe my songs as just a collection of my thoughts, with melodies that probably occurred to me in the grocery… — Withered Hand Copy Share Image
I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
“I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I'm hoping that "Nothin' On You", "Billionaire" and "Just The Way You Are" - songs that I produced... I hope that it's… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we… — Rick Derringer Copy Share Image
Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I'm not just a voice who wants to sing on anything. I co-produce, I want to select who comes in and plays… — Tyrese Gibson Copy Share Image
I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
People have made a living deconstructing Lennon and The Beatles songs because of their compositional sophistication. But what's so exciting about John… — Randy Bachman Copy Share Image
My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something:… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
I've always had problems with my brain, so a lot of the songs are about issues I have with paranoia or freak-outs.… — Ty Segall Copy Share Image
To me, songs hit harder when they live in the questions, because songs have always been a mode of sorting through my… — JP Saxe Copy Share Image
There are some great songs - like, I really like 'Snowcone' and 'Whelk Then' and 'No Problem.' I think I'm dissatisfied that… — Deadmau5 Copy Share Image
There were definitely times in my life where I was okay with getting broken up with, where I was okay with my… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They… — Shooter Jennings Copy Share Image
But if you ask me to I couldn't, I couldn't, I You're leaning closer and I shouldn't, I shouldn't, I But if… — Carly Rae Jepson Copy Share Image
Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image