“I don't know if any genuine meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.” IfsKnowsKindSongResultsMeaningfulGenuineThrowingPeanutsGorillas Author:Tom Waits
“I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.” WorldWritingKindSongResultsAttention Author:Iris DeMent
“There is always, in the fine arts, a physical interface between the artist's esthetic vision and the material result he seeks. The interface may be the application of brush to canvas, chisel to marble, bow to string... It may be the control of voice in song or the control of body in dance. It is the mastery of the interface that comprises the artistry; it is what constitutes the 'art' in fine art.” MayArtBodyArtistSongVoiceResultsVisionMaterialsMastersFineStringsApplicationMasteryBowsCanvasBrushesMarbleFine ArtsArtistryInterfacesChisels Author:Robert Breault
“Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.” ShouldWritingArtEndsSongDarkResultsQualityMysteriousSongwritingEnd Results Author:Martin Gore
“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
“I've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to write a Gordon Lightfoot song.” WritingTryingSongResultsMinesDirectMonday Author:Jimmy Buffett
“I try to think of the songs as little movies. They're always pretty visual to me. I can always sort of see them. I don't always know what the end result is going to be, and I don't know exactly what it's going to sound like, but I can kinda see them.” ThinkingKnowsTryingLittlesI CanEndsSongSoundResultsVisualsEnd Results Author:Neko Case
“Usually, I make a simple beat, throw in the acapella, and then I just improvise on the piano. Whatever comes up, I record the result, and I rework on it. Sometimes it takes a while to come with an idea, but mostly it comes naturally because I already have a connection with the song.” IdeasSometimesSongSimpleResultsRecordsBeatsConnectionsCome UpPianoRework Author:Shook
“People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth.” PeoplePainJoySongGirlResultsSadnessYouthEmotionalCaliforniaSunshineHymnsCalifornia Girls Author:Brian Wilson