“The artist has to be exactly the opposite [of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,] and transcend himself as he makes judgements.” PeopleArtistSongEgoSingingOppositesJudgement Author:Romare Bearden
“I really wanted to get that dynamic on the record onto people and let them know it wasn't just a simple strumming along the guitar type of thing without ramming it down their throats so I kind of went the opposite way and sang some of the songs more quietly which allowed for the louder parts to sound as though there were more. It was the only way singing those songs made sense to me.” PeopleKnowsWayKindMadeWantedSongSoundSimpleRecordsTypeSingingOppositesGuitarThroatStrumming Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“My song are more about the practical message of not wearing ourselves out just to get rich and looking at what life is really about and enjoying each and every day as opposed to the opposite of that. About living your life in a freer sense and not being bound by what people think of you and looking forward to seeing the grander scheme of who God is, what He's done and what He's doing and what He'd going to do.” PeopleThinkingDoneLife IsSongEnjoyRichSeeingMessagesOppositesBoundsPracticalsSchemesLive Your LifeLooking ForwardThink Of YouGet RichWho God Is Author:Peter Furler
“Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons of money to make sure that everyone hears this song a certain number of times a day - that feels like the opposite of folk music.” FeelsCertainSongCultureNumbersEnemyOppositesPaidFolksPopsClassical MusicFolk Music Author:Will Sheff
“There's a variety and depth to the song topics I get to write about in children's music and books: being able to write about things I wouldn't normally write about, like a disappointing pancake, or monsters or opposite day is really different than writing about heartbreak and relationships.” WritingChildrenBookDifferentAbleSongOppositesDepthMonstersVarietyTopicsDisappointingPancakes Author:Lisa Loeb
“The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.” FeelsSongWrittenEffectsEqualOppositesVulnerableConfused Author:Alanis Morissette
“When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the words. It's the opposite when I act. I use the words and tap into the emotion.” WritingUseFeelingsSongEmotionOpposites Author:Jill Scott
“Coming from a little suburban town, I wasn't a hip city kid. I was quite the opposite, really. Songs like 'Saturday's Kids' rang a bell for kids all over the country. That song was about the kids I grew up with.” LittlesCountryKidsSongCitiesGrewGrew UpOppositesTownsHipsBellsSaturday Author:Paul Weller
“The world is filled with people who are no longer needed. And who try to make slaves of all of us. And they have their music and we have ours. Theirs, the wasted songs of a superstitious nightmare. And without their music and ideological miscarriages to compare our songs of freedom to, we'd not have any opposite to compare music with - - and like the drifting wind, hitting against no obstacle, we'd never know its speed, its power.” PeopleKnowsWorldTryingSongWindNeededOppositesFilledSlaveObstaclesSpeedCompareNightmareHittingIdeologicalDriftingSuperstitiousMiscarriage Book:Pastures of plenty: a self-portrait Source: Pastures of plenty: a self-portrait
“Martin, Dave, and I get together and rough out a few songs and put them on cassettes for some reference...With the actual music, I'm not interested in objectivity, quite the opposite. I want a solely and totally subjective experience...A lot of pop music is about stealing pocket money from children.” WantChildrenTogetherSongMusic IsOppositesPopsStealingPocketsRoughSongwritingNot InterestedSubjectiveObjectivityPop MusicGet TogetherDaveCassettes Author:Ian Anderson
“I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my life or something I want to work through; if I don't have something like that at the root of the song, then I think I end up not caring about it as much. I gravitate towards some kind of concept or idea or situation that I want to write about. Very often I have to write, rewrite and come at it from an opposite angle...and I end up writing the opposite song that I thought I was going to write.” IfsThinkingWantWritingKindIdeasEndsProblemSongSituationConceptsRootsOppositesCaringSongwritingAngleNot Caring Author:Rivers Cuomo
“I'm like the opposite of one of those comedians who's funny on stage and depressed behind closed doors . On record, I can get pretty dark, but in real life I'm very carefree. But when I'm happy, I ain't writing songs, I'm out having a laugh, being in love. I wouldn't have the time. If I ever get married, it'll be 'Darling, I need a divorce, it's been three years, I've got a record to write!'” IfsNeedsWritingYearsI CanRealSongThreeDarkBehindsLaughingRecordsDoorsStageMarriedOppositesDivorceReal LifeComedianThree YearsBeing In LoveDarlingWriting SongsClosed DoorsCarefreeBehind Closed Doors Author:Adele