“I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.” HappensSongGamesNamesRecordsCuttingFiguresFindingsExcuseProducersSongwritersMake It HappenNo ExcusesSchedulingExcuse You Author:Rico Love
“There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.” PeopleHumansMayNightSongWifeBabyArmsActivityFindingsMeaningfulSignificanceDishesInsignificantWashingHuman ActivityAffirmingMeaningful Song Author:Leonard Cohen
“Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an A and a B part...whatever. And sometimes a C and even a D. That's kind of the easy, or at least easier part. The hard part is finding that special, perfect way to order things - how many times to do A before B and back and how the second verse differs from the first. That's all we got.” WayFirstsKindSometimesHardMightSongOrderEasyPerfectSpecialEasierFindingsVersesChorus Author:David First
“Since I met Starsmith, my producer, I really feel like I'm making music because we write it together and produce it together. I've got a proper involvement in the end product as opposed to just writing a song and finding someone else to produce it.” FeelsWritingEndsTogetherSongProduceProductsMetsFindingsProducersInvolvementFinding Someone Author:Ellie Goulding
“Experience is all I have. I equate song-writing with archeology. Every day you dig. You dig into different places within yourself - even finding places that you've rarely been. And buried within the soil is song.” WritingDifferentSongFindingsSoilBuriedDifferent PlaceArcheology Author:Jon Foreman
“Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most holocausts don't, so they have this bitterness left over. The phenomenon of the world, as far as Black Americans are considered, is that we are not a bitter people.” PeopleWorldShouldSongLeftGivenBlackPerfectFindingsWeaponsCreditBitterPhenomenonBitternessHolocaustBitter People Author:Nikki Giovanni
“I am really obsessed with finding melodies that just hypnotize you and sink you into a song.” SongFindingsObsessedMelody Author:Hoodie Allen
“Collaboration is just about finding people who are better than you at certain things and combining your powers. Like, if I'm not the strongest at playing piano, I'll work with someone who's really good at it and we'll combine both our brains to write a song.” PeopleIfsWritingCertainSongBrainFindingsPianoStrongestCollaborationBetter Than YouCombiningPlaying Piano Author:Charlyne Yi
“It's a really fun hobby to set imagery to music, and finding the right songs for that. Your favorite song in the world might not work at all... for one reason or another.” WorldReasonMightSongFunFindingsHobbiesImageryYour FavoriteFavorite Song Author:Zach Braff
“I started to write songs. And I started to like what I was writing. I think it's a new way for me to express things that are closer to myself than when I play a role, because, of course, it's really not me. I'm finding a new way. I don't know what it's going to be. But I know that I will need to give it to people one day.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsGivingWritingPlaySongCoursesRolesOne DayFindingsNew Ways Author:Marion Cotillard
“Music allows a person to express their deepest thoughts, thoughts that cannot be expressed with just words. I am often asked how I begin a song or develop a melody from nothing. That is the spiritual aspect of creating. Finding something deep within yourself that can only be created by you.” PersonsSpiritualSongFindingsCreatingAspectMelodyDeep WithinDeepest Thoughts Author:Bradley Joseph
“I try to explain that to my kids - the experience of going to a record store, flipping through racks and finding that album cover that intrigues you - but my kids don't want to know about it. They download the one song on the album they like, and pay their 99 cents.” KnowsWantTryingKidsSongPayRecordsFindingsAlbumsStoresCentsIntrigueRacksDownloadsRecord StoresAlbum Covers Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“If you can make a little painting for the ears with a few words, well, I like words; I like cutting them up and finding different ways of saying the same thing... I get into a spell, and it all comes easy. I don't labor over it. I go inside the song, I think you make yourself an antenna for songs, and songs want to be around you. And then they bring other songs along, and then they're all sitting around, and they're drinkin' your beer, and they're sleeping on the floor. And they are using the phone, they're rude, thankless little f---ers.” IfsThinkingWayWantWellsLittlesDifferentSongEasySleepCuttingPaintingFindingsLaborEarsDrinkingPhonesBeerDifferent WaysOver ItSpellsRudeFew WordsThanklessAntenna Author:Tom Waits
“The songs we sing invite the participation of the listener, who is central to finding a way of creating the life of the song at that listening. It's the difference between poetry and didactic writing. One tells you, 'This is it,' and the other says, 'Let's find this together.'” WayWritingTogetherSongDifferencesListeningFindingsCreatingInvitesListenersParticipationDidactic Author:Peter Yarrow
“I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them.” IfsI CanSongSeeingFindings Author:Randy Travis
“There's this moment sometimes, when you do a crossword puzzle and you have the one really long word. And once you get that, the whole thing kind of comes into focus. Sometimes it's just working things over in your mind and then finding that one line that kind of ties the song together, and now it works. It's a puzzle of sorts.” MindKindLongSometimesWholeMomentsTogetherSongLinesFocusFindingsTiesWorking ItPuzzlesOne LineReally LongCrosswordsLong WordsWorking Things Author:Craig Finn
“I've never used the word jamming. It's a matter of finding a great song and learning the chords, then slightly altering the vocal melody, and matching a classic chord progression with another chord progression.” MatterUsedSongFindingsClassicMelodyChordsVocalProgressionMatching Author:M. Ward
“I am interested in politics but have stayed away from writing overtly political songs, or message songs, because I find it difficult to discuss politics intelligently in a 4-minute song. But I am finding there are ways to get bits and pieces of political thought across without preaching that the people have the power or we shall not be moved. Of course these sentiments have their place too - I'm not knocking Phil Ochs - but that's a different kind of music, songs to play at rallies, not to achieve a state of bliss.” PeopleWayWritingKindDifferentStatesPlayPoliticalSongCoursesBitsDifficultPiecesMinutesAchieveFindingsMessagesMovedBlissSentimentsDifferent KindsPreachingKnockingBits And PiecesDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Dean Wareham
“I'm finding none. It's the same thing! It's about rhythms and beats and what connects to what. It's the same; the song has to connect to the story to get from this point to that point. So even though there may not be music in the show there is. You have to follow this delicate score. I don't think there's a huge difference. But, I don't have sore muscles! I'm not sore from dancing all day!” ThinkingMayStoriesShowsSongDifferencesHugeFindingsBeatsDancingRhythmMusclesScoreDelicate Author:Kendra Kassebaum
“Some songs, some nights won't do anything for you, but people enjoy them and that's the job. The magic is finding those places to stand in the song and gain perspective.” PeopleJobsNightSongEnjoyMagicPerspectiveFindingsGains Author:Justin Vernon
“You've got to stay current and up with the competition. The main thing, though, is finding the greatest songs you can possibly find.” SongFindingsCompetitionCurrentsGreatest Song Author:Reba McEntire
“Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting - but I love playing other people's music.” PeopleHardSongFindingsSongwritingGigs Author:Bonnie Raitt
“Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.” SometimesSongDifficultAirFindingsTopics Author:Peter Steele