Kind Quote by Colin Meloy

I think the music should definitely underscore the sentiment of the song, and it can work for or against it.

— Colin Meloy

There's always room to make stuff that is completely morose and downbeat, but we'd probably spiral into a state of complete despair if our…

— Dan Smith

Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it…

— Ed Sheeran

I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing.…

— Derek Bailey

It's always nice, no matter what style of music, as long as it's grooving and you feel that, I feel that's what makes... part…

— Robert Trujillo

The music, I think, is just as important as the lyrics; it portrays the emotion of the song. I play the kind of music…

— Courtney Barnett

If the lyrics have meaning to it and it gives me a certain emotion, I think that's the most beautiful part about music -…

— Sarah Barthel

If you get a song right for its usage at the time, it can be useful to others. ...Those songs are more friendly to…

— Rodney Crowell

Music should always be polarizing. What one person likes, somebody else hates. And I hate that kind of snobbery in pop music. The fact…

— Simon Cowell

It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel…

— Iron & Wine

The whole basis of the music is that people have these emotional attachments to these songs - whether they love it or hate it.…

— Girl Talk

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room…

— St. Vincent