People Quote by Dave Davies Download Open image “I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs.” — Dave Davies ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Song Trying Writing
I love writing songs, but I don't want to write the songs everyone else is asking me to write. — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me. — Austin Carlile Copy Share Image
It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself. — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that thought-out. I feel like the way I… — Langhorne Slim Copy Share Image
I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I write blatantly obvious songs with blatantly obvious details, and then I'm like NO! when they find out, I dunno what's wrong with me.… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I was clear that I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs. But I wasn't clear about how I was going… — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet. — Tom Conti Copy Share Image
I do not like people writing songs and then other people singing them. A lot of people don't even sing their own songs anymore.… — Afrojack Copy Share Image
I was a big, big fan of Jimmy Burton. Anything with him on, I used to perk up and listen to it over and… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
People that have had genuine abduction experiences that I've met that seem very genuine to me, but they're just confused about why it happened.… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
Science has proved that everything is energy, and now they have dark energy, dark matter. They don't call it all-embracing consciousness; they call it… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
A lot of people that embark on spiritual endeavors tended to, especially in the '60s and '70s, they tended to give up what they… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing. — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
I thought I'd use music to confront the problems that I faced, and it helped. I found a more healing mindset, and it did… — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
How could I not love my own brother? I just can't stand to be with him. — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone. — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
'Hound Dog' is a really short record, and most singles didn't last three minutes. — Dave Davies Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
