Explaining Quote by Dick Dale

I don't really like over-explaining the songs. Everyone constantly asks what the songs are about, and I think the thing is that the songs…

— Tom Odell

People take on the shapes of the songs and the stories that surround them, especially if they don't have their own song.

— Neil Gaiman

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to…

— Tracy Chapman

As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them.

— Eric Bachmann

I want my music to do the explaining.

— Demi Lovato

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison

Songs are puzzles - you get an intro, or maybe an end, but you gotta fill in the rest. Sometimes they come easy and…

— Mark Kozelek

We wanted to sit down and conceptually work out songs.

— Mike Lowry

Songs need to have a secret, cryptic, thematic thing about them, otherwise they are just messy and all over the place.

— Courtney Love

You're not supposed to totally know what's happening. The songs are supposed to give you clues so you can fill in the blanks.

— Neko Case

I don't really like to explain my songs.

— Yanni

It's funny: I look at songs, and I guess they each tell a story, and the different songs talk about different things. But they're…

— Dianne Reeves