People Quote by Richard Thompson Download Open image “It's amazing what some people read into songs.” — Richard Thompson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Song
I prefer to read into other people's songs what I want to hear in them. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
This is the beauty of popular music, that it is based on simple and memorable tunes. — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you. — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that way. — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
For the majority of the time, the songs I like, other people seem to like, so that's good. — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they… — David Nail Copy Share Image
Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death. — Lars Ulrich Copy Share Image
It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
People want to be the first with the record, they want to be the first to know which songs are on the record, all… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
There is in fact a controversy over Darwin's theory. Clearly both theories have religious implications. But this is not about God. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
“I’m a fool with a size one head/ I’ll change this heart of mine/ This time, this time” — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm glad I can do both full-band electric and solo acoustic performances. It's nice to have contrast, so if you get fed up with… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
An audience will let you know if a song communicates. If you see them kind of falling asleep during the song, or if they… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
