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Things musicals taught me: All your problems will go away if you sing about it. — Margaret Atwood
Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to… — Andy Wilkinson
So I realized when I was successful in a piece, it was because I didn't abandon a notion early on what it ought to be,… — Andy Wilkinson
Kids who are least impressive in my class are the ones who only listen to one kind of music. They only listen to country or… — Andy Wilkinson
While I was there, I was just gathering images and names, and ideas and rhythms, and I was storing all of these things - which… — Robbie Robertson
Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through. — Feist
Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story,… — Paul Simon
Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I was surprised they… — Paul Simon
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van Zandt… — Conor Oberst
Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's… — Jim James
Poetry challenges you. Much of its importance is that it's one of the few places left in culture that makes things difficult-it asks you to… — Dan Beachy-Quick
We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's… — Merle Haggard
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see… — Richard Thompson
The healing power of music is vast. Music therapy is in its infancy in Western psychology. If we knew more, we'd be able to do… — Gary Talley
A person must try to worry about the things that aren't important, so that he won't worry about the things that are. — Jack Smith
There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why… — Jonathan Coulton
I write very sporadically. I write sometimes three things in a week and then nothing for a year. I make a space for it but… — David Crosby
There are still so many beautiful things to be said in C major. — Sergei Prokofiev
Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not… — Margaret Atwood
I thought A Prairie Home Companion would be an interesting thing to do for a summer or so. Public radio was just seven years old… — Garrison Keillor
You just have to work really hard and throw everything into it. ... It's really hard to be an artist, and even if you do… — Dana Schutz
You learn this great lesson of life: it's not about me. It's just not. The matter of talent-which seemed so important to you when you… — Garrison Keillor
Well, [bluntness in songwriting]'s a lot cheaper than therapy.... There's been a lot of things going on for the past 10 years that I just… — Brent Smith
Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal. — Dave Eggers
Something like going to get the newspaper can increase your writing efficiency by taking you away from the material. When I'm doing other things, writing… — Nathaniel Philbrick

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