Certain Quote by Paul Simon

I think it's such a powerful thing: Words and melodies, and you put them together. I couldn't really picture a world without music. It…

— Sabrina Carpenter

I want to make meaningful music always - I think every artist does. We want our words and melodies to mean something to people,…

— Darren Fletcher

My creative process isn't a long one, so I could have started a song 10 years ago and then finish it 10 years later.…

— Antony Hegarty

I write lyrics. putting words and melodies to my songs. That's a real challenge, I take it on vigorously.

— Gord Downie

It's so fun to make up stories, but I find that the songs that I'm most proud of came from a real thing in…

— Kelsea Ballerini

When you're singing about love stories, which is most of my songs, it's good to have a lot of information and to have a…

— Luis Fonsi

A few things I've noticed about myself as a listener, and the music that I relate to and the music that's continued to mean…

— David Longstreth

Nothing is ever finished. It's a funny thing. I actually think that's really the more natural way of stories or songs.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I'm inspired by day to day life, things that people go through, things that make people tick. Everybody has a story, so you try…

— Shaggy

When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.

— Hannah Simone

But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits.

— Cynthia Weil

My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people's lives... and hopefully make a living doing it.

— Jordin Sparks