Ability Quote by Nick Cave

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

There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want…

— Michael Nesmith

Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be treated differently…

— Tom Waits

Certain songs have a life, and certain songs don't. A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's…

— Glen Hansard

Songs are like my children, from the concept phase, to writing, to recording, then editing and all of the work that went into it…

— Granger Smith

I'm kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist.

— Myles Kennedy

Songs are kind of alive, I think; once you finish writing them, that doesn't mean that that's it for the song. It can have…

— Norah Jones

Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the…

— Pete Seeger

Songs remain. They last...A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone. That's the…

— Neil Gaiman

Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things…

— Tom Waits

You know, it's funny how songs continue to grow and evolve and become a new and deeper reflection of your life.

— Gloria Estefan

People make songs so that somebody else will hear them and want to do them. I guess it's an indication that the songs aren't…

— Tom Waits