Ability Quote by David Gilmour

Usually, I think of the song, and then the video plays out in my head as I'm writing the song. I started rapping to…

— Lil Dicky

The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could mean to…

— Ric Ocasek

When I'm writing songs, I write visually. When I'm writing the words down and I listen to the melody and the lyrics, I start…

— Christian Kane

I feel like if I've written a song about something I haven't experienced, I wouldn't be able to perform it properly, and people would…

— Anne-Marie

Before music videos first came out, you’d listen to a song with headphones on, sitting in a beanbag chair with your eyes closed, and…

— Eddie Vedder

I love narrative videos, but sometimes I think they can limit a listener's experience of a song.

— Aubrie Sellers

I've always written songs with a visual counterpart in my mind that no one else can see.

— Phil Elvrum

It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.

— Alex Kapranos

I do think that music videos have a huge impact on the way you listen to music.

— Devendra Banhart

You can only follow what's on your mind. In fact, a song is something you write because you can't sleep unless you write it.

— Joe Strummer

Your understanding of music depends on your capacity to perceive it.

— Ilaiyaraaja

There are so many songs that have become massive hits merely because the video is great, while the song is pretty rubbish. From that…

— Christine McVie