Aim Quote by Les Baxter

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

— Robin Trower

Conceptually, I've always gravitated towards arrangements that weren't just presenting one idea. I like to look at my songs as having a main part,…

— Tycho

We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not.

— M. Shadows

I've always sensed 'arrangements,' whether stripped down or more full, depending on the song. The main thing is it has to serve the song.

— Michael Penn

I do try to structure everything in a way that's very much like a pop song. I try to keep the arrangements really simple,…

— Washed Out

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing.

— Lee Ritenour

I've never written songs, I've never brought any songs to System, but as far as arranging, I've always had arrangement ideas.

— John Dolmayan

As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan…

— Bernie Worrell

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to…

— Robert Wyatt

I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.

— Van Morrison

The problem is that once I start on a song and get a rough idea of where I might go with an arrangement, I…

— Tom Scholz

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to…

— Tracy Chapman