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Songs Quotes by Rufus Wainwright
- Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?
- I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.
- When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or…
- To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.
- I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing…
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- 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
- 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
- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams
- I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were… — Travis Barker
- As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. — Beck
- I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. — Joseph Addison
- Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing… — Adele
- It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect. — Aaliyah