“Speaking of stage freight. I was terrified! It was in NOLA at an all ages show. I was wearing Jeans, a Van Halen t-shirt, and a bandana on my neck. Once I gripped that microphone stand, I did not let go! I plugged my microphone into a guitar FX pedal. Then at the end of the a Black Sabbath song we were covering, I hit the guitar pedal. It was horrific!” EndsShowsAgeSongBlackStageLetting GoGuitarShirtsNecksTerrifiedJeansT ShirtVansCoveringSabbathMicrophonesHorrificPedalsVan HalenBlack Sabbath Author:Phil Anselmo
“Im not the type of artist thats like, Lets go out and party and dance your life away! I think those artists are so cool, but I wanted meaning in my songs and they have messages.” ThinkingWantedArtistSongPartyTypeLetting GoMessages Author:Claudia Lee
“The first music you really fall in love with is more than just music. It's something that clicks in you beyond the song; it's a message or image that causes you to jump in and not let go.” FirstsSongFallCausesLetting GoMessagesFalling In LoveClicks Author:Taylor Hanson
“Sometimes to move forward you have to let go. I figured that out through opening myself up, allowing people into my creative process. It allowed me to write songs that surprised me, and in fact, inspired me.” PeopleWritingSometimesFactsMovingSongProcessCreativeLetting GoInspiredOpeningMoving ForwardAllowingCreative Process Author:Ingrid Michaelson
“'Boneless,' even though we were thinking about servicing it to radio, it made more sense putting a vocal on there. This was actually the first time that I really looked at doing a song for radio and kind of let go of some control and listened to a lot of different radio pluggers and had Ultra come in and help out with ideas.” ThinkingFirstsKindMadeIdeasDifferentHelpingSongLetting GoFirst TimeRadioVocalUltras Author:Steve Aoki
“That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation of a song.” HappensSongCreationLetting GoEssentialsHotChips Author:Alexis Taylor
“The Armstrong record that I personally like the most, is a recording of a song by Harold Arlen called, "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues" . Most of Armstrong's solos tended to stick pretty close to the melody. But for some reason, it's like he let go of the tether and suddenly he's playing this beautiful high, almost abstract line that's floating above the beat. I compare it to the way that a 19th century operatic tenor might have sang an Aria because he's just completely let loose of the background and he's making this magic sort of flying above the staff.” ReasonBeautifulSongMagicLetting GoFlyingCompareAbstractMelody19th Century Author:Terry Teachout
“I never listen to any of my music after it comes out, unless I hear it in a cafe or whatever. I'll think, "I forgot how it was so slow or how minimal it felt compared to how it's become live," because you start having a relationship to the songs live. After an album is finished, I really let go.” ThinkingSongLetting Go Author:Yukimi Nagano
“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.” KnowsFirstsStillsPastSongFriendshipFreedomSweetLetting GoBirdEmptyMeant To BeRejoiceCagesFeathersDepartureCagedLetting You GoWhere You LiveJust Let GoNot Letting GoBird Song Author:Stephen King
“Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and years. And then... Loosen your hands, let go and say good-bye. Let the stars and songs go. Let the faces and years go. Loosen your hands and say good-bye.” IfsYearsHandsFacesSongWishStarsLetting GoByeGood ByeSaying Good Bye Author:Carl Sandburg
“Suddenly they were dancing, holding each other tight, moving in circles that symbolised their relationship, both afraid to let go, both willing the song to continue while silently their insides tore.” MovingSongWillingLetting GoDancingCirclesMoving In Author:Anna McPartlin
“It’s a song about first relationships and letting go. It’s very rare for a relationship to withstand the Earth’s gravitational pull and where it’s going to take people and how they’re going to grow. I’ve heard it said that you can’t really have a true love unless it was a love unrequited. It’s a harsh one, because then your truest one is the one you can’t have forever.” PeopleFirstsSaidEarthSongGrowsForeverHeardLetting GoUnrequited LoveHarshTruestUnrequited Author:Eddie Vedder
“I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.” WritingTryingSongRoomsParticularBandLetting Go Author:Jack White
“Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the night, or you're half-awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is. Every time you try to put your finger on it, it slips away. You turn on the lights and the cockroaches run away. You can never grasp them...” TryingWholeLightRunningNightSongTurnsGamesSleepHalfMiddleLetting GoTiredFingersCriticalGet UpAwakeDemonFacultySongwritingSlipsRunning AwayPossessedTurn-onGoing To SleepMiddle Of The NightCockroaches Author:John Lennon
“The forest is peaceful, why aren’t you? You hold on to things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you. Hear the bird’s song then let go. If you know nature, you’ll know truth. If you know truth, you’ll know nature.” IfsKnowsSongTeachLetting GoBirdForestsConfusionPeaceful Author:Ajahn Chah