Brief moments Quote by Annie E. Clark

I try not to think the song to death. The main criteria is if it's working on an emotional level.

— Robbie Robertson

“It’s raw power. It’s brokenhearted and pissed off about it. The music itself brings order to chaos. Listening to it, playing it, for me…

— Cherrie Lynn

I try to shut my brain down as much as possible. And let the melodies flow, if possible.

— Zach Condon

Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.

— Alanis Morissette

I just want to break that song into pieces and love them all to death.

— Rainbow Rowell

Without fail, every time I've loved a song and looked it up to figure out what it's about, I won't care about it anymore.

— Alex G

My goal is to think of nothing when I'm writing a song because too many influences could sabotage a potentially amazing song.

— Ricky Martin

Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.

— Vera Nazarian

I don't know what the sound is or the song is until I've spent a lot of time on it. I'm always chipping away…

— Adam Granduciel

I found it unbearable when I allow the song to meet the music, to allow the story to meet the music.

— Meryl Streep

If you can even manage to tell exactly what a song is about, all you do is put that song in a box forever,…

— Robert Hunter

I guess that's always the mystery of music. It's like why does this song make me feel so grey or why does it make…

— Borns