“I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have a song about that. And why wouldn't you? It strikes me that that was a huge event. It's kind of funny and horrible and interesting, so why wouldn't one write about that?” WritingYearsKindSongInterestingEventsHugeCoupleYears AgoStrikesHorribleHipsReplacements Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“I write all my own songs and they are just simple melodies with a lot of lyrics. They usually have to do with current events and what is going on in the news. You can call them topical songs, songs about the news, and then developing into more philosophical songs later.” WritingSongMy OwnSimpleEventsNewsPhilosophicalCurrentsDevelopingMelodyCurrent Events Author:Phil Ochs
“I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.” LittlesEndsShowsHomeSongThreeCommunityPrayerEventsTrainingToughBeltsVocal Author:Naomi Scott
“The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.” ArtFilmPurposeArtistSongActorsEffectsEventsTragedyTheaterHistoricalEtcEpicAlienationTransparencyChorusHistorical Context Author:Bertolt Brecht
“A song playing comprises a very specific and vivid set of memory cues. Because the multiple-trace memory models assume that context is encoded along with memory traces, the music that you have listened to at various times of your life is cross-coded with the events of those times. That is, the music is linked to events of the time, and those events are linked to the music.” Life IsSongMemoriesEventsMusic IsModelsCrossesAssumingVariousMultipleLinkedVividTime Of Your Life Book:This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession Source: This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
“I was raised really strongly on The Beatles; they were huge in my family, my parents loved them, and they used to quiz me on who was singing which song, and we'd play certain records for certain events, and things like that. So I mean, they were sort of my introduction to pop music.” MeanPlayUsedCertainSongParentRecordsEventsHugeSingingMy FamilyRaisedPopsIntroductionPop MusicQuiz Author:Eric Hutchinson
“Nobody wants to experience sad events but people like to listen to sad songs. That's the beauty of music.” PeopleWantSongEventsSad Song Author:Hiromi
“I was writing a lot of true love songs-true love almost gone wrong but saved at the last moment...Many of the best songs get written in a state of abject misery. I prefer to write fewer songs and have less cataclysmic events in my life...Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good.” KnowsWritingStatesMomentsLastsSongGoneWrittenEventsStupidMiserySavedFewerReally Stupid Author:Jorma Kaukonen
“The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it difficult when I'm replaying an event through a song.” WritingStoriesSongDifficultFictionEventsPureLimits Author:Jason Mraz
“Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes out one way or another.” WayWritingHeartRealSongStuffEventsMy HeartOne WayClose To My Heart Author:Matt Berninger
“If some event happens and it seems really important to me and moving to me, I'll write it down in my lyric book knowing that it will come out in a song.” IfsWritingImportantBookSeemsHappensMovingSongKnowingEvents Author:Amy Ray
“I ended up writing songs by taking stock of all the different events in my life, but all those songs were bad.” WritingDifferentSongEventsWriting Songs Author:Owen Pallett
“You have to be a really talented writer if you're trying to encapsulate a news story with a song and have it live after the event. I don't have the focus to do that, really.” IfsTryingStoriesSongFocusEventsNewsNews Stories Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“I'm very expressive. Expressing my emotions and experiences through music has always been an important outlet for me. Many of my songs are influenced by personal events and experiences that I have gone through.” ImportantSongEmotionGoneEventsOutletsExpressive Author:Avril Lavigne