“The day I was born songs were on records, phones were tied down, computers needed rooms and the web was fiction. Change the world. You can.” WorldSongBornRoomsFictionRecordsNeededComputerPhonesChanging The WorldTied Author:Steve Jobs
“C.S. Lewis says that fiction is able to sneak past the watchful dragons of religion. It becomes more powerful to speak in poetry. The song goes straight to the heart while the numbers and the math of it will never be able to reach that.” HeartAblePastSongSpeakPowerfulNumbersFictionMathDragonsSneak Author:Jon Foreman
“Sometimes the song isn't strong enough to contain the fiction, because memories are fictions.” SometimesEnoughSongStrongMemoriesFictionStrong Enough Author:Nick Cave
“I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff.” ThinkingWritingSongLiteratureStuffFictionPhasesApprenticeship Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“How could I have kept out this incredible fiction? That's when it all started for me. I was, and still am, a HUGE Star Trek fan. "Songs Of The Ocean" is my tribute to this great story, and it's based on the Star Trek IV movie, the one in which they go back in time. [The Voyage Home ; It's the one where they bring a pair of whales to the future -ed.]” StillsStoriesHomeSongStarsFictionFansHugeOceanIncrediblesPairsVoyagesTributeWhalesBack In TimeGo Back In Time Author:Arjen Anthony Lucassen
“I have been writing mainly fiction. Occasionally there will be a song that hangs around the truth a little more than the rest, but even with those I end up fudging the facts just to keep it from going stale.” WritingLittlesHas BeensEndsFactsSongFictionStale Author:David Bazan
“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
“I love fiction. I like reading short stories. Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in a short space. I like Lorrie Moore. Amy Hempel. Tim O'Brien. Raymond Carver. All the heartbreakers.” HeartStoriesSongReadingSpaceAnswersFictionRaisesPopsShort StoryAmyPop SongCupcakesCarverPolaroidsHeartbreakerTim O Brien Author:Laurel Nakadate
“Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction.” YearsFirstsRememberSongLanguageFictionCollegeMovedSurfaceSolomonPower Of Language Author:Barack Obama