Amount Quote by Beck

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison

Usually we're all comfortable playing the songs, but during the song there might be one part where you're like „oh, this part's coming up,…

— John Petrucci

I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and they fill…

— John Prine

When you're in the moment and not over thinking the song is when things tend to really work. You're not so focused on the…

— Adam Granduciel

That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context…

— Paolo Nutini

When you tell a story and connect with somebody through an emotion that's why they like songs.

— Rapsody

When you've written a song, sometimes it's really hard to wrap your brain around what somebody else is doing, or maybe the way that…

— Gerard Way

You can turn off the song the way you cannot the actual experience.

— Melissa Febos

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin…

— James Taylor

There are so many songs I've recorded, only to hear other people singing them. It happens all the time.

— Leona Lewis

I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could…

— Schoolboy Q

I usually know the general emotion of a song, or the general feeling of it, and then I think I just get so excited…

— Adam Granduciel