“My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing that's as much as a listener can take.” SongThreeKnowingLandMinutesGeniusPeriodsMy FavoriteListenersMotown Author:Meshell Ndegeocello
“If I'm happy with the song and it's a hit song or not, for the rest of my life, I can hang my hat on knowing I did the best I could, and I'll enjoy getting out there and doing it. That's all that really matters for me. The icing on the cake is people actually enjoy it and sing it back to you. That's when you know that you've done something great.” PeopleIfsKnowsI CanMatterDoneSongEnjoyKnowingHatsCakeIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Jake Owen
“My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.” PeopleWritingWholeSongGoalCan DoAbilityKnowingRecordsInspireRelateJust OneSongwriters Author:Kate Voegele
“And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all their growing days there in the ground, and all the things they did hear. Earth-voices are glad voices, and earth-songs come up from the ground through the plants; and in their flowering, and in the days before these days are come, they do tell the earth-songs to the wind ... I have thinks these potatoes growing here did have knowings of star-songs.” ThinkingEarthSpiritReligionSongSpiritualityStarsVoiceKnowingGrowingWindConversationPlantCome UpGladThese DaysGardeningPotatoesFlowering Author:Opal Whiteley
“The song is about knowing the end result of every situation you're in, and being able to play it out in your mind and see it before it happens. It's about addiction, really, about knowing how it's all going to end up. In that sense, you're watching a movie of yourself all the time - and then you want out of that movie.” WantMindEndsPlayHappensAbleSongResultsSituationKnowingAddictionEnd Results Author:Rufus Wainwright
“A song or an album is never really done. You can work on it forever, but knowing when to call it a day and knowing when to walk away from it is extremely important.” ImportantDoneSongWalksForeverKnowingAlbums Author:G-Eazy
“Instead of the 1997 film directed, written, by James Cameron with Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane creating a love story and a large diamond with a beautiful song “My Heart Will Go On” sung by Celine Dion. What about the real love story that took place that night between the passengers themselves, and many crew members knowing they would also give their lives. Adding another meaning for “SOS” Service, Obedience, and Sacrifice.” GivingHeartRealStoriesBeautifulFilmNightSongKnowingWrittenSacrificeGoes OnMy HeartMembersCreatingLove StoryObedienceDiamondReal LoveCrewKatePassengersCameronLeonardoCeline Author:Tom Baker
“George Jones has been a major part of my personal and professional life for a long time. I have been inspired by his music for the last 50 years and for 42 of those, I had the pleasure of knowing him personally and professionally. He was IT to me. George was and will always be my guy. I am luckier than a lot of people on this Earth because God let me be a part of George's life and him a part of mine. And on this day, his song couldn't be more true: 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'” PeopleYearsLongHas BeensTodayEarthLastsGuySongPleasureKnowingMinesMajorsLong TimeLet MeInspiredThis DayProfessional LifeGeorge JonesPersonal And Professional Life Author:Sammy Kershaw
“It makes me feel great, knowing my songs are being heard and of service to people.” PeopleFeelsSongKnowingHeard Author:Jason Mraz
“The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have a sense of knowing them.” StoriesFeelingsCareSongKnowingSingersStoryteller Author:Steve Ross
“Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he has musical integrity. Even when he does a bad song, there's a good quality in the presentation.” MenDoeSongQualityKnowingStyleIntegrityEssenceMusicalInnateVocalPresentationGood Quality Author:Sammy Davis, Jr.
“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
“Obviously, it was a big life change for me and quite a shock to suddenly have these songs I'd written in my bedroom as a far-too-intense teenager all over the airwaves and see my face on buses, especially in a small country like New Zealand, but at the same time it was such a thrill and an honour knowing that my music was reaching people.” PeopleCountryBigsFacesSongKnowingWrittenIntenseTeenagerLife ChangingReachingShockHonourBusBedroomThrillNew ZealandSmall Countries Author:Brooke Fraser
“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
“It was more about getting together with other musicians and playing live. I needed to suss out a full set [for the Last Summer tour], and I didn't want to play Fiery Furnaces material. So half of our set was new songs that we ended up recording for this album. And that made such a huge difference - going into the studio after playing a song for two years, knowing it inside-out and having sung it millions of times, and then recording it is a totally satisfying experience. You're suddenly in this controlled environment and you can make it sound exactly as you've been imagining it.” WantYearsMadeTwoPlayTogetherLastsSongSoundDifferencesHalfMillionsKnowingEnvironmentMaterialsHugeNeededSummerMusicianAlbumsStudiosTwo YearsControlledSatisfyingFieryFurnacesNew SongsLast Summer Author:Eleanor Friedberger
“I think that's becoming the key to where the whole idea of art and culture are going nowadays anyway, is the idea of curation. Knowing what you like. That's sort of the future right now. Molding something, whether it be a roster on a label, or your blog, or a song, or your DJ set.” ThinkingArtIdeasWholeSongCultureKnowingKeysBecomingRight NowLabelsBlogsDjsMoldingArt And CultureRosters Author:A-Trak
“I guess it's just my job to somehow balance knowing that every song is going to come differently and be different, but also know that, on the other hand, I am a songwriter and I am a craftsman, and I do have a craft and a technique and a method. So I need to balance the technique and the method.” KnowsNeedsDifferentHandsJobsSongKnowingBalanceMethodTechniqueCraftsSongwritersCraftsman Author:Brett Dennen
“I loved both [Bob] Seger and the Eagles, knowing why they didn't play some of the songs I wanted to hear. But at the same time, they covered all the big bases, and the stuff that most people had heard. But they definitely had a bunch of album cuts that I wanted to hear that they didn't get around to.” PeoplePlayBigsWantedSongStuffKnowingCuttingHeardBasesAlbumsBunchCoveredBobEagles Author:Toby Keith
“I've always enjoyed taking pre-existing sound, songs I like, songs I want to share, and manipulating them and trying to do my own version. So just knowing there's that potential for that thing out there that I haven't discovered yet, really gets me motivated every day.” WantTryingSongSoundMy OwnKnowingShareHavensVersionsEnjoyedMotivated Author:Girl Talk