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Song Quotes by David First
- Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an A and a B part...whatever.…
- Еach song is like starting over. Because somehow, no song's formula works for another. And that's the beauty of it all. Each song's destiny is…
- Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when…
- I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up in my mind…
- I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision, I guess. I…
- We [Notekillers] are in no way super-earnest about what we do and if you see us live, you see we are cracking up during songs…
- Back in the day, I came up with the expression "Same Animal - Different Cages" to describe our songs. I suppose over the years I've…
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- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill… — Margaret Atwood
- You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. — Sai Baba
- Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with. — Sebastian Bach
- I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not… — Sebastian Bach
- A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than… — Sebastian Bach
- To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know. — Sebastian Bach
- My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies. — Randy Bachman
- I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog. — Erykah Badu
- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams