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“Here Comes the Sun” – I like the version by Richie Havens “Be the Change” – MC Yogi “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” –…

— Will Bowen

'Downtown Love.' I made that with one of my homies in New Orleans. The story is tragic, and the song is emotional. It's my…

— G-Eazy

I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience.

— Leon Bridges

Claudia Rankine's Citizen comes at you like doom. It's the best note in the wrong song that is America. Its various realities-'mistaken' identity, social…

— Hilton Als

Some of my favorites are the classics like 'What They Do,' 'Proceed,' 'You Got Me,' and 'Silent Treatment.'

— Black Thought

Taylor Gang or get your haircut by Ray Charles.

— Taylor Gang

Sometimes I want to hear something fun to cook or bake to; other times, I need specific songs to to lift me up.

— Orianthi

There are songs about abortions, about slashing your arms with razors, about imagining your own funeral in New Orleans, about rock stars cheating on…

— Courtney Love

Oh my God, Guns N' Roses - it's like, jeez, that's what made me move out to Los Angeles. 'Welcome to the Jungle,' you…

— John 5

I've had some really big hits with 'Groundhog Day' and 'Michael,' 'Multiplicity,' 'Four Weddings and a Funeral.'

— Andie MacDowell

For the chorus of 'Secrets,' we used The Romantics' 'Talking in Your Sleep' and 'Pale Shelter' by Tears for Fears. It's like hip-hop: just…

— The Weeknd

Country music's really good about telling a story, so I want songs that tell good stories where people can say, 'That happened to me!'

— Lauren Alaina