Appreciate Quote by Paul McCartney

A lot of the songs I write are like songs that I've never been able to find on any record, but that I've always…

— Ryan Adams

Hearing things like 'Wake Up' by Lora Logic, or the Raincoats' 'In Love' - that was something I wasn't prepared for. I couldn't hear…

— Greil Marcus

I have always had a certain song in my head, a certain chemistry of sounds.

— Bjork

I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience.

— Leon Bridges

I think the best songs that come to me are ones that you sort of listen for. The ones - when I listen to…

— Nick Lowe

Country music's really good about telling a story, so I want songs that tell good stories where people can say, 'That happened to me!'

— Lauren Alaina

I try to tell a story musically in a song.

— Barry White

I've always had good songs, it's the great songs that are difficult to find.

— Anne Murray

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to…

— Marc Almond

Anything that gets to the more emotional and dark side of music, I always enjoy.

— El-P

Every song that I record, I love, it's like my new favorite. But one that really stands out to me is a song I…

— Lloyd

I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was…

— John Prine