Based Quote by Blake Shelton

When I performed the songs in front of an audience at the end of each project and I knew the storytellers were in the…

— Jens Lekman

I kind of feel like I didn't have much choice. The songs... the playing... those were the only things that ever really kept my…

— Charlie Worsham

The most incredible thing about playing the songs live for people - looking out to the crowd and seeing the different reactions and the…

— Hayley Williams

I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was totally enthralled.

— Reba McEntire

I had tremendous fun fooling around with the way people talked about songs, just the way that became another way of understanding the world.

— Greil Marcus

The first thing I think I ever played in public, aside from singing in church, would have been - and this is a true…

— Bradford Cox

Music for me was a release, an escapism and it was really exciting.

— Vick Hope

You're playing the songs for the audience and they still think they're good songs. So I tend to get excited by that, audience reaction.

— Roger Glover

I had funny memories, too, but the music was more important to me than anything else.

— Lita Ford

I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of Country Music moved me. Even when…

— Harlan Howard

A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.

— Little Richard

I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up!…

— Ronny Cox