“My favorite music to sing would be my own songs, my original songs, just because I know them, you know I write the tunes, so my favorite songs are the newest ones that I write. That's what I like to sing the most, because it means something, it's real, it comes from me.” KnowsWritingMeanRealWould BeSongMy OwnOriginalsMy FavoriteTunesFavorite SongFavorite Music Author:Paul McDonald
“We all know about love, faith, sadness, despair, hope, hopelessness, longing, desire... those are things we all have inside of us, and that's what my songs are about... what it means to be a human being.” KnowsHumansMeanDesireSongHuman BeingsSadnessDespairLongingHopelessnessFaith In Love Author:Ron Pope
“The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one of their favorite songs of all time.” PeopleKnowsMeanSongAll TimeFavorite Song Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.” PeopleThinkingMeanSongBugs Author:Ray LaMontagne
“A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition of it means it's subject to change; it means approaching it differently, expressing different emotional aspects of it. It doesn't feel like wallowing.” FeelsMeanDifferentSongSubjectsEmotionalAspectMereRepetitionAutonomousWallowing Author:St. Vincent
“I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.” MeanPlaySongPlayerDown AndGuitarMagazinesCreedsOffenseGuitar Player Author:Dweezil Zappa
“I don't look at myself as a celebrity. People recognize me, but it's all about my music, my songs. It's not like I'm a greater being. I take my kids to school, pick them up, go to the grocery store. I'm a mother, and my kids mean more to me than even being an artist.” PeopleLooksMeanKidsSchoolMotherArtistSongGreaterPicksStoresGroceriesBeing An ArtistGrocery Stores Author:Faith Evans
“By all means write new songs. Each generation must do that. But to neglect the church's original hymnbook is, to put it bluntly, crazy” WritingMeanSongChurchGenerationsCrazyOriginalsNeglectNew Songs Author:N. T. Wright
“My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.” TryingMeanStillsRealDoneEyeSongBehindsFocusBandThoughtful Author:Ian MacKaye
“Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together and suit the melody, I think most of the best songs in the world are fairly clear about what they mean to say.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsMeanTogetherSongSoundClearAnd LoveFeel GoodSuitsMelodyPuzzles Author:J. Robbins
“There is something elegantly sinister about the Rolling Stones. They sit before you at a press conference like five unfolding switchblades; their faces set in rehearsed snarls; their hair studiously unkempt and matted; their clothes part of some private conceit; and the way they walk and talk and the songs they sing all become part of some long mean reach for the jugular.” WayMeanLongFacesSongWalksFiveHairClothesStonesPressesRollingConferencesConceitUnfoldingRolling StonesSinisterPress Conferences Author:Pete Hamill
“The first thing about a song is that it has to be real, be lived; it has to be emotional, and melancholic. I don't mean sad. Melancholy is sort of a comfort. Melancholy has a sort of beauty to it. This attracts me to every other form of art.” FirstsMeanArtRealFormSongEmotionEmotionalComfortMelancholyBeing Real Author:Keren Ann
“I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision, I guess. I mean, if I were truly a purist, I'd call things, "Long Piece #27" or "Newest Fast Song", but I enjoy titling and it is helpful at rehearsals or when making set-lists.” IfsMeanLongCertainSongEnjoyPiecesListsTitlesHelpfulRehearsalOne PieceDronesOver The TopOpulenceSong Titles Author:David First
“A magical portal opened inside my mind and conducted me into an astonishing world. [...] Before this moment I had divined but had never known with such positiveness that the world is extremely large and that suffering and toil are the companions and fellow warriors not only of Cretan, but of every man. [...] That by means of poetry all this suffering and effort could be transformed into dream; no matter how much of the ephemeral existed, poetry could immortalize it by turning it into song.” MenWorldMindMeanMatterMomentsDreamSufferingSongEffortKnownFellowsEvery ManWarriorCompanionTransformedToilAstonishingEphemeralPortalPositiveness Author:Nikos Kazantzakis