I think Quote by Ellie Goulding

In terms of covers, it's always nice to do ones that aren't actually getting played by the original artist anymore. I just love the…

— Scott Hutchison

With any cover, I like to choose songs that affected me strongly already. So it's tough sometimes to take a song that you love…

— Mayer Hawthorne

No one's ever done one of my songs badly. People say to me, "God, so-and-so wrecked that song." Well, I'm unaware of it. Anybody…

— Leonard Cohen

My idea of covers is that you should never cover a song and do it exactly like the artist because everyone's always going to…

— Glenn Danzig

Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite…

— Ellie Goulding

As an artist, it is heartwarming to see other artists appreciate your work by making covers and renditions of your original track.

— Momina Mustehsan

Every time I do a cover, I completely... pick apart - I take apart the entire song and really reconstruct it. I try and…

— Alexa Ray Joel

We got our start doing covers and I think, and hearing other people covering our songs is super flattering.

— Chrissy Costanza

I've only covered a few songs because I feel that if you're not going to go beyond the original artist in some way, then…

— Dawn Angelique

I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't like covers. But I love them. It gives you a new…

— Greg Laswell

Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way.

— John Barry

When we went to cover it I thought we would change it to a song of loving and longing instead of the sex machine…

— Wayne Coyne