Conscious Quote by Bob Weir

Every time I re-perform a song, I gain some perspective.

— Sharon Van Etten

I know when I've written a good song when I can imagine the video. If I can't imagine the video straight away, I'm not…

— Charli XCX

In my music, I'm never going to force anything to try to recreate a moment or something.

— Lil Nas X

Sometimes a song can snap you back into reality.

— Jack Savoretti

I can't legislate a song into being; it just will not happen for me.

— David Crosby

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can…

— Ayumi Hamasaki

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

— Ariel Pink

That's why I don't necessarily enjoy it when bands cover other songs. You'll never recreate what has been done, especially if it's something that's…

— Jim Root

My songs get to a stage where they resist any further change, you know? And that's kind of where they are, short of re-recording…

— Jason Pierce

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

— Sade Adu

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.

— Laura Marling

I do sometimes go back to my old songs. Some I feel very proud of. They make me wonder, 'How did I do this?'

— Amit Trivedi