Ballads Quote by Tracey Thorn

I think perhaps people don't dig deep enough when they're looking for covers, so you get the same things covered over and over again…

— Tracey Thorn

It's always flattering when someone covers a song. I mean, when you're a young band, and you're unsigned - to think that someday people…

— Nuno Bettencourt

No matter what, if you write a song that's great that everyone expects to be a hit, then everyone's going to be expecting another…

— LP

I've never understood why someone does a cover of a song just exactly the same. If you do something, do it a little different…

— Cameron Britton

It's easy to get people to sing along to cover songs, but when it's your song, it's the coolest.

— Chris Lane

In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success,…

— Les Baxter

There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.

— Dan Reynolds

To write a song is one thing, to get it to No.1 is another and to have a respected artist cover it is incredible.…

— Shakin' Stevens

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans…

— Dan Hill

I tend to play covers when I'm gearing up for creating new song. Singing other people's songs is a way that I get inspired.

— Scout Niblett

That's the perfect audience: singing along to every word, knowing the songs, appreciating the non-hit songs, stuff like that.

— Dave Keuning

There's only so many things to sing about, so what's going to make a song appeal to you more than someone else's is just…

— Jakob Dylan