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I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft is...The arrangements were mine. They were little… — Linda Ronstadt
I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make sense against your… — Merle Haggard
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in… — Warren Zevon
As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity:… — Thomas Paine
It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that as yet we… — Thomas Jefferson
Investors want to know how exposed a business is to climate change. The physical risks to Tesco are clear, but could be far-reaching. Freak weather… — Terry Leahy
As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define… — John F. Kennedy
America, so far as her physical history is concerned, has been falsely denominated the New World. Hers was the first dry land lifted out of… — Louis Agassiz
The volumes, the surfaces, the lines-in one word, the structures that build a tectonic construction-do not represent the whole picture: there is also the movement… — Unknown Author
Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever. — Margaret Atwood
Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline. — Margaret Atwood
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
I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I can intuit what… — Paul Simon
I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where I can use… — Paul Simon
I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something,… — Paul Simon
Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass lines, suspensions, widely… — Jimmy Webb
You think you know me just because you know my name, think you've seen me 'cause you've seen every line on my face. — Jon Bon Jovi
If any of you on your journeys see her-shout to me, whistle...he sang, and it became a habit for audiences to shout and whistle in… — Michael Ondaatje
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents… — Anne McCaffrey

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