Know how Quote by Petra Haden Download Open image “You have to be a poet to know how to write a song with lyrics.” — Petra Haden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Know how Knows Poet Poetry Song Writing
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You have to write some poetry, first of all, to decide if you can become a lyricist. I was born in a family of… — Javed Akhtar Copy Share Image
You don't have to be as good a writer to write a song; it's a very different process to writing straight prose. To learn… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it. — Antonio Machado Copy Share Image
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I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting. — Janine Turner Copy Share Image
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The way to become a poet is to read poetry and to imitate what you read and to read passionately and widely and in… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I don't write lyrics. I hear the track and sing in gibberish over it, then I try and fit words into the phrasing and… — Kelela Copy Share Image
The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies, or sometimes… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
My forte is playing along and singing along to music I love. I mean, who knows, maybe I could develop that knack or develop… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I never punched in anything when I recorded Imaginaryland. Where the title came from is a whole other story. — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I put out Imaginaryland, I heard a lot of, "Oh she's copying Laurie Anderson," and I was like, wait... but I don't know her… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes. — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head. — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I didn't know how write a song, (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, bridge, verse), etc., and I didn't know how to write lyrics,… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I didn't know who Meredith Monk was, and I knew about Laurie Anderson but I didn't know her music that well. — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
I thought about what I wanted to do besides playing violin and singing backup in a band. Don't get me wrong, playing and singing… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
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God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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