“I get an audience personally involved in a song - because I'm involved myself. It's not something I do deliberately: I can't help myself. If the song is a lament at the loss of love, I get an ache in my gut. I feel the loss myself and I cry out the loneliness, the hurt and the pain that I feel.” IfsFeelsI CanHelpingPainSongHurtLossAudienceLonelinessCryInvolvedGutsAcheLamentLove Loss Author:Frank Sinatra
“There are certain songs I cannot hear because they are so personal that it hurts me to listen.” CertainSongHurtIt HurtsHurt Me Author:Amy Winehouse
“Things would hurt me in a big way because I didn't seem to have a very thick layer of skin, but this also meant I had extreme empathy for other people. I think perhaps that's what makes my songs hit home for some people, because I've tried to see the world through their eyes and I recognise- even just for a second- that we all ultimately are struggling with the same things.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayHomeBigsSeemsEyeSongHurtStruggleEmpathySkinsExtremesThickLayersRecogniseHurt Me Author:Missy Higgins
“When you're really bummed out, the last thing you want to hear is up-tempo and positive. And it lets you know that you're not alone, that somebody has hurt before. It works the same way with chick songs as it does with political songs. When you hear somebody singing about these things, you know that you're not alone, that somebody else is suspicious of what's going on around us in the world. So you don't feel like you're crazy, and you feel like you might be able to make a difference.” KnowsWorldWayWantFeelsDoeMightAbleLastsPoliticalSongDifferencesHurtCrazyLike YouSingingMaking A DifferenceNot AloneSuspiciousChicksTempoBummed Out Author:Steve Earle
“It would be fun to go back and see where all my songs stopped, because I think I'd have every number in the top 100. It never ceases to amaze me. It still hurts when one doesn't work, because you put your heart and soul into it.” ThinkingHeartStillsSoulWould BeSongFunHurtNumbersCeaseHeart And SoulTop 100It Still Hurts Author:Vince Gill
“As I said before, stones to me is meant things that hurt people, things that cause pain and thats what this song is about.” PeopleSaidPainSongCausesHurtStones Author:Neil Diamond
“When I first started writing these kind of songs that would eventually become Decemberists songs, I was writing them because I knew that nobody was listening at the time and that it wouldn't hurt to challenge myself and get weirder and see if I could alienate more people” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsKindSongChallengesHurtListeningIf I Could Author:Colin Meloy
“I think a great song appeals to older and younger people and it makes you think. It's also honest, and it also doesn't hurt if it's fun to sing along to.” PeopleIfsThinkingSongFunHurtHonestAppealsMake You Think Author:Kacey Musgraves
“I get to sing a great song called "Proud of your boy" which was by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman and they were so hurt when it had to be cut from the film [Aladdin]. They were not happy. For the sake of the film, they had to streamline everything.” FilmSongHurtBoysCuttingProudSakeNot HappyProud Of YouSo Hurt Author:Adam Jacobs
“I tell the songwriter's story. When I read people's lyrics, I'm so amazed. I want to tell this story and make it part of my life. I usually can't write lyrics down, but I can sure tell that story. You've got to make people feel the hurt and love in each song.” PeopleWantFeelsWritingI CanStoriesSongHurtAnd LoveSongwritersAmazed Author:Sharon Jones
“Basically I see that song as a bunch of images which I threw together to represent the fact that I was seeing one girl and then I started seeing another, and it was just the guilt in between those two periods. The ballads I've written since have been about things that really hurt me.” Has BeensTwoFactsTogetherSongGirlHurtWrittenSeeingPeriodsGuiltBunchHurt MeBallads Author:George Michael
“The music certainly plays a major role. You can be free enough to comfort each other, to touch each other, to embrace each other, to engage each other, to not be afraid of each other. The music certainly has that very strong element. Go back to folk songs, gospel, jazz, and spirituals. See, all of that came out of tremendous pain and hurt, rejection, loss, alienation, and abandonment. What I'm doing is I'm expressing my pain and hope at the same time.” EnoughPainSongStrongHurtLossComfortEmbraceJazzRejectionVery StrongAlienationAbandonment Author:Cecil Williams