Down Quote by James Vincent McMorrow Download Open image “I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.” — James Vincent McMorrow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Down Kind Lyrics Never Notepads Person Persons Sit Write Writing
I don't sit down to write a song; they just come to me from something that somebody says, or something in the news. The… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
I sit a lot with my lyrics - I don't write just to write or put a line in just to have one. Everything… — Snoh Aalegra Copy Share Image
I've never written lyrics. I get up in front of a microphone, and I just sing what comes to the top of my head. — Autre Ne Veut Copy Share Image
I wouldn't sit down and work at writing a song like a novelist or something. — Roger Taylor Copy Share Image
I didn't sit down then and start writing poems, but it was in the back of my mind. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I've never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything.… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I used to write on pads with a pen but had trouble reading the words the next day. Years later, Bob Dylan taught me… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song. — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
I heard of this Texas studio. The owner, Tony Rancich, wanted to fly us out for the day to see the studio. I booked… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I made a note in my head to be aware of things as they were happening, because they might not happen again. Up to… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
More often than not, changes had to be made in order for a song to make sense, and by the end of it, it… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all those people.… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I write songs on a course of time that's comfortable for me. I would probably never write a song from start to finish in… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
What we understand to be profoundness, or importance, it changes. It should change. It should be this moment where you cannot believe that equalled… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I want to talk about things that are tangible and real to me, but I also want to do them in a way that's… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I like to sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee on the terrace and read a book. I like to travel the world… — Marianne Vos Copy Share Image
I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
No matter how brilliant an actor is, there's always a point where they let you down, but that's all part of their journey. They… — Amanda Hale Copy Share Image
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
I was strictly after hits when it came down to the Jackson 5. That's all I was concerned with. — Deke Richards Copy Share Image
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
