“Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted out in song or dance, or that Uncle George was eaten by a croc over there, don't go there to swim, then those young people don't have to find out by trial and error.” PeopleIfsGivingHumansYoungSongSkillsAdvantageErrorsTrialsStorytellingSwimUnclesTrial And ErrorCrocs Author:Margaret Atwood
“The music usually occurs to me as a complete sound, and then I have developed the skill of being able to translate that into a fully realized song.” AbleSongSoundSkillsTranslate Author:Ariel Pink
“Staying healthy through movement and eating well gives you tons of energy and helps mold the skills that allow you to achieve goals from playing soccer to doing a tough homework assignment to writing a song.” GivingWritingWellsHelpingSongEnergyGoalAchieveMovementHealthySkillsEatingToughSoccerStayingMoldHomeworkAssignmentsAchieving GoalsPlaying SoccerEating Well Author:Sabrina Bryan
“It's just like an idea, like a chorus, and then we just jam on it - it happens in loads of different ways. The best songs I find always come from the subconscious, like when you don't think. Not to be pretentious about it, but usually songs just blurt out rather than thinking about it. I never write lyrics and then do a song, I find that really hard - that's like a real skill.” ThinkingWayWritingIdeasDifferentRealHardHappensSongSkillsDifferent WaysLoadSubconsciousJamPretentiousChorus Author:Luke Pritchard
“I realise I'll have to acquire the ability to speak to my audience in between numbers. I've never had to do that. On the street I only focus on the keyboard settings for my next song, which takes a bit of time and a lot of concentration. So I'll have to develop that new skill, which gives me pause, because I'm afraid I'll say something stupid and disillusion people when they realise I'm an ordinary earthling - in fact, as ordinary as anyone else on this planet.” PeopleGivingFactsSongNextSpeakBitsAbilityNumbersAudienceFocusStreetsStupidPlanetsSkillsOrdinaryGive MeSettingSettingsAcquireConcentrationRealisingPausesKeyboardsDisillusionNew SkillsAbility To Speak Author:Susan Schneider
“I have always had to write songs. As a lifestyle and as a business model, it's pretty difficult. Largely at this point I'm so deep in. I have a lot of skills in this particular world, but it just feels compulsive.” WorldFeelsWritingSongDifficultParticularSkillsModelsLifestyleBusiness Models Author:Doug Walters