Story Songs Quotes

10 Story Songs quotes by 9 unique authors

Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk… — Bruce Hornsby
The songs are not meant to be real life. They're meant to have a psychic - rather than a factual - bearing on the listener.… — Will Oldham
In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel. — John Trudell
A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. — Rupert Holmes
I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me. — Nanci Griffith
You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have… — Justin Townes Earle
I always like story songs, Dolly Parton, Tom T. Hall, Mel Tillis, Red Stegall, when they'd do their story songs. I was totally enthralled. — Reba McEntire
That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs. You do have… — Reba McEntire
I love story songs because I've always loved books. — Dolly Parton
The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits. — Mandy Patinkin

Who Wrote These Story Songs Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 10 Story Songs Quotes as follows: