Important Quote by Donovan Download Open image “The songs I write and sing try to say important things with a lightness.” — Donovan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Important Important things Music Sing Song Try
The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about. — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
In some ways, the more that I write songs, the more I feel that telling a story is the most important thing; just being… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isnt a… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I try to write in a way to reach as many people as I can, to be a lighthouse versus… — Chris Tomlin Copy Share Image
All I can do with my music is try and be a light for people who are in a dark time. — Kyle Copy Share Image
All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
When you write songs, you try to tap into something that isn't straightforward in your head. Whatever you're feeling most strongly about usually comes… — Luke Pritchard Copy Share Image
Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I have always just experimented, and I come from a very ancient, acoustic root. It was very hard to put a finger on me. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I found in Rick Rubin a kindred soul. When I visited his home and looked in his library, I saw he was reading the… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I have amassed an enormous amount of songs about every particular condition of humankind - children's songs, marriage songs, death songs, love songs, epic… — Donovan Copy Share Image
In 1968, I bought a 114-foot yacht, built in 1946, and lived on the Greek islands for a while. We had an extraordinary time… — Donovan Copy Share Image
My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight pop, but… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The songs I write are about searching, and they're ambiguous - always to be understood in different ways. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jimmy Page gave me the MOJO Maverick award. I got… — Donovan Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out… — Lyndon B. Johnson 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
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
In some circles where very heavy people think they have very heavy brains, words like "charming" and "clever" and "pretty" are all put-downs; all… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very… — Evgeni Plushenko Copy Share Image
It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
If I had learned how to get along in the quotidian world while keeping up the search for the hidden realm, I might have… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
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