Cover songs Quote by Petra Haden

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies.

— Mike Stoller

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

— George Thorogood

I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing.

— Ken Hill

And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.

— Katey Sagal

Ideas for songs can come from something as simple as a photograph and letting my imagination run wild on an old photograph that I…

— PJ Harvey

I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.

— Brett Dennen

My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

— Kate Micucci

I've always had a song; but the moment that I made the decision to allow God to be the song writer my life has…

— Sashauni Aaeliyae

So I realized when I was successful in a piece, it was because I didn't abandon a notion early on what it ought to…

— Andy Wilkinson

I've written quite a variety of songs, everything from kids songs to political satire, and my dad covered a fairly large range, also.

— Arlo Guthrie

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.

— Richie Sambora

I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most…

— Alan Jackson