Art Quote by Andrew Bird

The stuff that I make and the things that I talk about, you have to listen, so if the beat is doing too much,…

— Lupe Fiasco

Lyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story.

— Galcher Lustwerk

I think taking a hookline of a hit song and making a new song is fun.

— Tulsi Kumar

A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times…

— Alan Jackson

I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it probably really…

— Ryan Adams

I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I…

— Talib Kweli

Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that…

— Jonny Lang

It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's like if…

— Beck

Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because even the…

— Chris Cornell

Every artist, to me, should know why they're doing what they're doing. You shouldn't create simply because it sounds good to you. That's not…

— Jlin

It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I…

— Victoria Legrand

All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try…

— Gloria Estefan