Clear Quote by Richard Hovey

“If you've ever wondered where the good songs go After they've had their day, You'll be glad to meet a man I know, Wrinkled…

— Ira Gershwin

Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music.

— George Herbert

Often we make songs with people for us and one for them.

— Grace Chatto

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm.

— Alan Menken

If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. It’s a mysterious condition. It’s much like the life of…

— Leonard Cohen

It's the way I like to work for these kinds of songs [like "Peace Trail"]. It was the right time of the month; everything…

— Neil Young

“One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards will be at one's throat all the sooner.”

— David Mitchell

Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom To believe in the good in man.

— Jon Anderson

“There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they’ve ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the merely collaborative…

— Ian McEwan

I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness.

— Jens Lekman

“You cannot expect all the heroes to survive a good song”

— Joe Abercrombie

Folk songs express the dreams and prayers and hopes of the working people.

— Hank Williams