Music Quote by John Flansburgh Download Open image “I wrote a thirty-second song that I couldn't finish for a year.” — John Flansburgh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Music Song Thirty Years
I'm a very slow songwriter; it takes me sometimes years to write one song, if I ever finish. — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty minutes. — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
I gave myself a year to write as many songs as I could, and then I made a shortlist of about 10, and on… — G Flip Copy Share Image
In itself, I spent a year writing, you know all these different songs and when it came to recording the record, I just pulled… — Wednesday 13 Copy Share Image
I've had songs that were spread out over a number of years, and I've written some in ten minutes, and everything in between. — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four… — Tommy Bolin Copy Share Image
Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I always had to wait until something hit me, and I could write it. But when I would cut an album, to me it… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
The first record I spent five years writing and it was an amalgamation of all the things that happened in my life from the… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated. — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Every declarative statement that comes out of an interview with somebody is actually in response to a question. It's like this very real interpersonal… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
There have been times I wanted to cry on interview, but it hasn't been because that's what they're trying to conjure. No. I think… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I feel like musicians have such a precarious place in the political discourse, because musicians are, sort of just by nature, people-pleasers. — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I think the biggest wrestling match-up I have is how to respond to the word "quirky." Or the alternate, "nerdy." Both are essentially benign… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The simplest app on your smartphone requires 40 peoples' purest imagination. The challenges with people on environment, we just have to open some of… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to wonder if there isn't an ejector seat built into having a popular-music career. We were lucky when we started. We… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Sometimes people will ask a real "Why are you beating your wife?" question where there's some assumption built into it, and all you're trying… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Bill O'Reilly knew he could just filibuster and enjoy all the airtime that a full interview would give him, and then also grab the… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I don't think bands should feel compelled to speak out unless they actually have something to say. I think that's a big mistake, where… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
Before I debuted, it was my goal to make my debut, and afterwards, I aimed at winning champion titles on television music shows, and… — Hyuna Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I'm at the edge of the world, Where do I go from here? Do I disappear? Edge of the world, Should I sink or… — Bring Me The Horizon Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out… — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I… — Liam Gallagher Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.' — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time. — Stromae Copy Share Image
