Has beens Quote by Cynthia Weil

There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered.

— Alex Ebert

I think to me, all songs are stories.

— Regina Spektor

The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them.

— Conway Twitty

Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.

— Kara DioGuardi

A lot of times, a bunch of songs have to be written to get to the next really good one.

— Mary Gauthier

I think a lot of bands have hit songs that don't get the attention that they ever are going to deserve.

— Trace Cyrus

There are stories that people don't want to talk about that brought this music through.

— Ruth Brown

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans…

— Dan Hill

“The important thing about songs is that they're just like stories. They don't mean a damn unless there's people listenin' to them.”

— Neil Gaiman

I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit down, and…

— Justin Vernon

I definitely believe that there are songs that, as artists, we don't know the full potential.

— Ella Mai

That's why I don't necessarily enjoy it when bands cover other songs. You'll never recreate what has been done, especially if it's something that's…

— Jim Root