“I think if you're writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age... but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingHeartMatterAgeAmericaSongSoundSubjectsElementsSubject MatterWriting From The Heart Author:Gerry Beckley
“The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.” SongVoiceElementsApproachInstrumentsIntensityViolinFlutesTenorsSopranosClarinetBaritones Author:Steve Lacy
“Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when I feel like I'm the lead guitarist in a rock band. We all gotta be going somewhere strong together, you know?” KnowsFeelsSelfTogetherHateSongStrongGrowsRocksParticularExpressionInvolvedBandElementsI HateSelf ExpressionGuitaristRock BandsStrong Together Author:David First
“What a wonderful work Wagner has done for humanity in translating the toil of life into the readable script of music! For those who seek the tale of other worlds his magic is silent; but earth-travail under his wand becomes instinct with rhythmic song to an accompaniment of the elements, and the blare and crash of the bottomless pit itself.” WorldDoneEarthSongHumanityWonderfulMagicElementsSilentInstinctScriptsTalesTranslateCrashToilPitsOther WorldsWandsWagner Author:Richard Wagner
“We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern music elements, the visual part of the band appeal to a younger audience. For an older audience, we have chops and great songs that are reminiscent of the things that were great about rock and roll when they enjoyed it. We're the kind of band that can cross those lines.” KindSongLinesAudienceModernRocksBandElementsCrossesEnjoyedAppealsVisualsBarriersGapsPortionsRock And RollModern Music Author:Andy Biersack
“I think that people want to go to the movies and watch shows on TV or in theaters that make them feel good and music really does that. Not only can you watch something and connect to dialogue, but when you listen to a song, it gives a whole other element of connection and you get that feeling like you want to stand up and dance and sing.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsDoeWholeShowsFeelingsSongWatchesTvsLike YouElementsConnectionsTheaterDialogueFeel Good Author:Brittany Snow
“I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from a lot of the typical Christian stuff.” ThinkingHumansChristianSongStuffStruggleElementsTypicalTheocracyRealness Author:Matt Smith
“Self-expression is a hallmark of an artist, of art, to get something off one's chest, to sing one's song. So that element is present in all art. It is the key to even standing up and saying, "Hey, listen to me." Self-expression can be based on looking at the world and making observations about it.” WorldArtSelfArtistSongExpressionKeysElementsStandingObservationHeyChestsSelf ExpressionHallmarkListen To Me Author:George Carlin
“All films created by Walt Disney at the time of his major outpouring of work were carefully crafted to fit scenes, characters, moods and situations. If these elements changed in any way, songs - no matter how good they were - were discarded. Others were written for the new scenes. Many times, character songs were dropped because characters were dropped...sequences were dropped etc.” IfsWayMatterCharacterFilmSongSituationWrittenChangedFitSceneElementsMajorsMoodEtcSequenceDiscardedWalt Author:Richard Sherman
“Even before I wrote any songs, I had this idea of a triangle where the voice was at the top, some sort of guitar element on one side, and then some sort of really basic rhythm on the other side. That's where I started from in the recording process.” IdeasSongProcessSidesVoiceElementsGuitarRhythmTriangles Author:Panda Bear
“I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it.” WritingSongCreativityElementsImprovising Author:Jamie Lidell
“Winnowing is more like a trip to the confessional...transparent & vulnerable without being sentimental. These songs have elements that are more like prayers & pleas for faith. They're questionings and wrangling in the dark about the journey.” SongDarkPrayerJourneyElementsVulnerableQuestioningSentimentalTransparentWrangling Author:Bill Mallonee
“We have to make sure the music and the message and the words and all the elements come through in our songs and every time we appear in public.” SongElementsMessages Author:Lauryn Hill
“When you listen to the music in this film [Despicable Me], it's working on the level of melody, but the other key element is lyrics. There are a number of songs in the film where the lyrics themselves are very much speaking to the essence of what Ted Geisel was setting out to do.” FilmSongLevelsNumbersKeysElementsEssenceSettingSettingsMelodyDespicable Author:Christopher Meledandri
“When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love.” MotherSongThreeFatherFourMastersElementsPersonal LifeMistress Author:Rufus Wainwright
“I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be performed. I think about what it's going to be like to sing them on stage rather than what it's going to be like to have someone at home listening to them on a CD. I guess in that way there's a connection between my acting experience and the songwriting and the way the songs are written.” ThinkingWayHomeSongActingWrittenStageListeningElementsConnectionsPerformancesSongwritingCds Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“If every element of the song doesn't come within the first hour of writing, then you're never going to get it - if that makes sense. It's kind of like you need to be in a mental state where everything is so reactionary that you don't double-think anything, and so if it's not immediate then it's probably not going to happen at all, and you should probably toss the song.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldWritingFirstsKindStatesHappensSongHoursLike YouElementsMake SenseTossReactionaries Author:Zach Condon
“Most pop albums I was looking at as examples to point out production elements had a song that made you want to dance. I've been listening to electronic music forever and I just wanted to have something dancey.” WantMadeWantedSongForeverExampleListeningElementsAlbumsProductionsPopsElectronic Music Author:Michelle Chamuel
“I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized or accomplished or that confidence will be revealed. I think that's another element that people like about shows: in addition to hearing the songs that they love, I think there are some people who really get off on connecting with what's happening right now.” PeopleThinkingShowsSongEnjoyKnowingStageRight NowElementsHappeningsHearingHopefullyVulnerabilityAccomplishedConnectingTransparency Author:Jason Mraz
“We have to focus on his early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows, to keep his memory pure. People now know that Elvis could play a mean rhythm guitar himself, and needed no other musicians to perform a great song. But Elvis was not just a rock star, he was an all-round entertainer.” PeopleKnowsMeanTwoPlayShowsSongStarsMemoriesFocusRocksTvsNeededPureElementsMusicianGuitarRoundsRhythmJust OneTv ShowsRock StarEntertainersEarly Work Author:Pete Townshend
“I'm no longer beholden to the sacredness of the recorded song as some kind of ultimate standard by which every performance of the song is measured. I like to diversify, that there are multiple versions of every song. And the songs incorporate a lot of improvisation, and an element of chance, and I think that's exciting. There's no one true formulation of a song, they have various manifestations depending on the space we're in. I like that.” ThinkingKindSongChanceSpaceElementsStandardsPerformancesUltimateExcitingVariousVersionsManifestationMultipleImprovisationSacredness Author:Sufjan Stevens
“Speaking of people I had to exclude: Hank Williams. which is to say, songs are part of lyric poetry in my book, my thinking. In fact they are the urgent element of poetry in our time, they carry the most emotion for the most people in our culture. everyone LOVES poetry, because we all love (one form or another) of rock and roll (be it folk to emo to rap). It's all rock and roll and all lyric poetry.” PeopleThinkingBookFactsFormSongCultureEmotionRocksElementsFolksRapOur TimePoetry IsRock And RollOne LoveUrgentLove PoetryEmoLyric PoetryHank Williams Author:Gregory Orr
“I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. We tried to push a lot for show versatility, because I grew up with a lot of versatility in my music.” FeelsLittlesSaidDifferentCountryShowsWantedSongStuffRecordsModernRocksStyleGrewElementsGrew UpGenreTunesRaysListenersBluegrassVersatilityAmericanaGeorge Jones Author:Cody Johnson
“My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person.” PersonsStoriesSongElementsWho I AmOptimisticOptimistic Person Author:Rayvon Owen
“I'm unable to really write the kind of song that doesn't have a visual element, which most songs don't.” WritingKindSongElementsVisuals Author:Nick Cave
“There's that kind of song, "Whoah baby, I love you," which doesn't have a visual element, but a very strong emotional element, and these are the great songs to me - those ones that you put them on and they just make you feel great, or whatever.” FeelsKindSongStrongLove YouEmotionalBabyElementsVisualsVery StrongStrong EmotionalI Love You Baby Author:Nick Cave
“I find so many songwriters today are missing an element ... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.” WayTodaySongMissingElementsProductionsSongwriters Author:Rufus Wainwright
“The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a very, very different sound compared to a lot of their contemporaries at the time.” DifferentSongSoundElementsUniqueJazzSongwritingZombieClassical Music Author:Paul Weller
“The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.” BigsSongSoundElementsHarmonyBackgroundsFormulasArrangementsVocalChoir Author:Greg Graffin