America Quote by Maluma

We have songs that are inspired by the Latin side. We have songs that are inspired by rock, African rhythms. Whatever country we go…

— Taboo

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?

— Rufus Wainwright

When you write a great song, it just blows you away. When you write a song that connects with people around the world -…

— Gwen Stefani

I write songs based on things I see in the culture around me.

— Mark Foster

I'm inspired to write songs in many different ways - it can come from a melody, a word or phrase or something I have…

— Chris de Burgh

Latin music is universal.

— Bad Bunny

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

— Gregg Allman

When I write a song, it is to fill a niche in people's lives. To have a song for every experience if one hadn't…

— Bill Callahan

We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if…

— Ben Hopkins

Singing beautiful melodies is one thing, but to deliver the text so that the people understand it, even in a foreign language, has to…

— Maureen Forrester

I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint.

— William Beckett

Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept,…

— Chuck Mangione