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Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song.… — Jason Aldean
You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't think are really… — Jason Aldean
After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one. — Jason Aldean
I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's… — David Byrne
If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate… — Jason Aldean
I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible. — David Byrne
Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together in the studio,… — David Byrne
What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've… — Gabriel Byrne
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. — Lord Byron
I haven't made anything I don't believe in. I've always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when I'm a little… — Nicolas Cage
Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of… — Colbie Caillat
If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song. — Vanessa Carlton
I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre. — Julian Casablancas
If you're in a bar and a certain song comes on and the vibe is just different, it evokes the kinds of things that you… — Julian Casablancas
When I record somebody else's song, I have to make it my own or it doesn't feel right. I'll say to myself, I wrote this… — Johnny Cash
You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them… — Johnny Cash
I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away,… — Johnny Cash
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I try never to focus on the radio, just find great songs, find emotion and just write the best songs you can. I think when… — Gary Allan
I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really. — Nick Cave
I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs. — Nick Cave
I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story. — Nick Cave
What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of… — Nick Cave
There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that… — Nick Cave
I know when I sit with my band members and we're playing back a song that we've done, I know that they're experiencing it in… — Nick Cave

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