Head Quotes

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Even when there's not a joke or a hook, the first line has to be good and snapem to attention. Songs ain't novels. You don't… — Dan Bern
I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find what melodic line… — Mose Allison
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van Zandt… — Conor Oberst
Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's… — Jim James
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring… — H. L. Mencken
I think of myself as a serious artist. Sometimes you can get in your head too much about that and forget that you have to… — Tim McGraw
It was Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto, Francesca Abraham realized as the radio alarm went off. Lively, unrelentingly upbeat, it was the perfect tempo in which to… — Naomi Ragen
The maplewood flat-finished Martin had represented the most outrageous luxury in her life when she bought it in 1971 for four hundred dollars. But Lonnie… — Dan Jenkins
Something like going to get the newspaper can increase your writing efficiency by taking you away from the material. When I'm doing other things, writing… — Nathaniel Philbrick
I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He… — Lin Yutang
What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess I'm quite conservative… — Bjork
Has it ever occurred to you that there might be a difference between having an open mind and having holes in one's head? — Unknown Author
He has the vocal modulation of a railway-station announcer, the expressive power of a fence-post and the charisma of a week-old head of lettuce. — Unknown Author
Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow. — Walter Matthau
A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near you; then you… — Charles Robert Maturin
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation.… — John Francis Hylan
I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we… — Emmy Rossum
During my first few weeks in Hollywood, I was told that Jack Warner, the head of the studio, did not believe that a small-breasted woman… — Jane Fonda
It's like someone jammed an electric light bulb in your face, and busted it. I thought half my head was blowed off...When he knocked me… — James J. Braddock
It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as Gods will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food… — Thomas Merton

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