Beat Quote by Hilary Knight

I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.

— James Taylor

Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a…

— Joe Cocker

You don't always get lucky enough to have songs that can breathe and shift meaning. But every once in a while you open up…

— Denison Witmer

I've always done a lot of research and stuff around the songs that I write so there are pages and pages of writing and…

— Nick Cave

The songs always tell you something, but always for different reasons.

— Jim James

I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.

— Richard Marx

The lyrics, the strings, the chords, everything comes at the moment like a gift that is put right into your head and that's how…

— Michael Jackson

I think of a playlist like a setlist at a concert. The first song is crucial, that establishes the vibe.

— Guy Sebastian

It's kind of strange to hear your songs sung back to you! You get a big insight into what people connect to, what's moving…

— Hozier

Once a song comes out, these songs aren't mine. They're everybody's. So there you go.

— Mac DeMarco

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

Songs come to me and I hear them. At least in part, they are very complete; I hear the whole chorus, including the drum…

— Terence Trent D'Arby