Arguing Quote by Cat Stevens

Music doesn't argue, discuss, or quarrel. It just breathes the air of freedom.

— Harold Arlen

Sometimes a song becomes rhetoric, but you have to really empathise. You also have to leave room for both sides of the argument: even…

— Jason Isbell

Songwriting is a give-and-take process, and it can lead to some good, healthy debates.

— Richie Sambora

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being…

— Damien Hirst

I'm an artist, not a philosopher.

— Robert Wilson

I like conflict in songs.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

Some people you struggle to argue with - they've got a lot of strong backing to what they say and what they do.

— Joe Hart

A good song is a good song.

— Glen Campbell

No one can attack you when you're songwriting; it's you and a song, which is a great place to be.

— Gin Wigmore

I think a good song is a good song is a good song.

— Tim Finn

Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.

— Jackie Evancho

To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.

— Rufus Wainwright