Beast Quote by John Waite

We've always been quite clear about how we want the songs to sound. If we can imagine the song being played at a party,…

— Angus Young

I guess there are two things that make me like songs generally, of ours, and that is if they groove well, or if they…

— Mike Gordon

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin…

— James Taylor

The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.

— Marvin Hamlisch

I think about music in the way that I heard music as a kid - like, Oh my god, there's this weird rubbery ball…

— Ariel Pink

When a song comes to you, you can't run around it.

— Connie Smith

I give myself time with a guitar and PA to let my subconscious do its thing. This happens repeatedly over a period of time,…

— Scout Niblett

I think it's easy to make impenetrable music that nobody can get, and you can hide behind that sometimes.

— Trent Reznor

Songs are like ropes that you can kind of hang on to or pull yourself up on.

— Sinead O'Connor

Songs don't just suddenly arrive like a taxi you have to work on them and you have to put a lot of time and…

— Chris de Burgh

My songs examine and explore little specific emotions or situations or stories... They're kitchen table songs, like a conversation between me and one other…

— KT Tunstall

Songs can click together really quickly, and other times, they're really laborious and heavy-lifting.

— James Murphy