Diamond Quote by Joan Baez

Sometimes when you're making songs you just make sounds, and the sounds slowly mutate and evolve into actual words that have meaning.

— Tom Waits

When some artistes give a hit song, they keep repeating themselves in the same genre. I always try to create something new.

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

The thing that will never go away is that connection you make with a band or a song where you're moved by the fact…

— Dave Grohl

Every song is completely different. Sometimes they come like a lump of clay and it's your job to chip away and find out what's…

— Brett Dennen

When a good idea sparks, it's usually because of some subversive angle that means the song we're writing will be fresh.

— Robert Lopez

Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood - and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone…

— Kate Bush

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison

Sometimes something becomes a lot better. It's like a puzzle . You can't force a round brick into a square. It's a delicate thing.…

— Oh Land

There are so many different things that lend themselves to what makes a song magical, that go beyond just the lyrics or the composition.…

— Michelle Zauner

Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics. We didn't…

— Elena Tonra

It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like building something…

— Thomas Mars

With rock and metal, I think a lot of people connect with the lyrics because they feel like they don't fit in.

— Oliver Sykes