“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
“It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.” ThinkingKindKidsArtistSongFunMy OwnArtists And Writers Author:Elle Varner
“When we are touched by a song, it is because the artist cannot hide himself.” ArtistSongTouched Author:Leonard Cohen
“The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.” ArtFilmPurposeArtistSongActorsEffectsEventsTragedyTheaterHistoricalEtcEpicAlienationTransparencyChorusHistorical Context Author:Bertolt Brecht
“Music being “good or bad” is a flawed idea. Artists make what they want to make and we either connect with it or we don't. Just because we relate to some songs more than others doesn't make the others less valid, we just don't understand them. In fact, we aren't meant to, and that's all right.” WantIdeasFactsArtistSongMusic IsBe GoodRelateFlawed Author:Jacob Bannon
“An album for me as a teenager in the '70s was a fully formed concept. It was a body of work from an artist I liked or trusted or who excited me. Maybe one of the songs is really poppy and you listen to it on the radio as a hit single and then more of the world is about to find out about this artist by buying the record.” WorldBodyArtistSongRecordsConceptsRadioAlbumsExcitedTeenagerBuyingTrustedPoppies Author:Christopher Bollen
“As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.” WritingLittlesI CanArtistSongGuitarSingersBedroomSongwritersSoloSinger Songwriters Author:James Bay
“That is what diminishes the artist and his song. The artist is now hermetically sealed. The publishing company got him his deal and they expect to profit from his songs. So what if he is a better singer than a songwriter; let's put him in a room with a real songwriter. Something great is bound to come...except very often nothing great comes out of such contrived match-ups. Nobody knows where a great song comes from, and that's why so many writers credit the Lord as a co-writer (though I notice they never offer Him half the writer's royalties) when they come up with a real gem.” IfsKnowsWritingRealArtistSongRoomsDealsHalfCompanyLordOffersBoundsCome UpProfitCreditSingersWhat IfSongwritingPublishingSongwritersDiminishRoyaltyNobody KnowsGems Author:Michael Kosser
“I think that songwriting is understood from an early age that was the priority to figure out first. Learn to write a good song, and then figure out who you are as an artist because, once you know how to write a good song, you can dress it in any kind of clothing.” ThinkingKnowsWritingFirstsKindAgeArtistSongKnow HowFiguresUnderstoodDressesWho You ArePrioritiesSongwritingClothings Author:Lights
“I think that anything is a form of folk music. That's just me being glib, but the thing I like the best about humans, and there are not many other things besides this, is that humans make culture. If you're an artist, a big part of folk is noticing what other people are doing and incorporating it and changing it - the way that songs warp and change over time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHumansBigsFormArtistSongCultureFolksNoticingFolk MusicWarpIncorporatingChanges Over Time Author:Will Sheff
“I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.” PeopleIdeasArtistSongNextChanceCareersWatchesGenerationsInspireFellowsEntrepreneurVentureNext Generation Author:Nas
“I believe your success is based off what your goals are. Are you trying to feed your family or have plaques on the wall and be broke? In that case, I think the game is in a better place. We have all heard of famous artists who are broke. Then we know of artists who may have had only a song or two on radio, but have a million or two dollars off that quick come up.” ThinkingKnowsTryingBelieveMayTwoArtistSongGamesI BelieveGoalMillionsCasesHeardWallDollarsCome UpRadioBrokeOur FamilyBetter PlaceFamous Artist Author:Yo Gotti
“I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you want to do it and see if you really feel the song, because sometimes you might not even like the song after a few listens.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsLittlesSometimesMightArtistSongBitsLittle BitPicksTrackRelease Author:Schoolboy Q
“I think one artist to another artist, the best compliment you can pay one another, because the part of you that is inspired or creates something, to write a joke or a song, that's like the God-like part of a person.” ThinkingWritingPersonsArtistSongPayJokesInspiredComplimentCompliments You Author:Dave Chappelle
“The artist thing is just natural. If that comes out, the music, the songs, I need some actual time which I dedicate to it. But I don't have to sit down eight hours a day in order to get out what I need to create. That is just always bubbeling inside and than evetually it just comes out.” IfsNeedsArtistSongOrderHoursNaturalEight Author:Sage Francis
“I've always thought, it's the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it's our responsibility to set the tone for what's happening in the industry. And I take that seriously.” WritingArtistSongResponsibilityRecordsIndustryHappeningsTone Author:Eric Church
“I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You're known for a certain thing, and you continue to do that. You just change the subject matter, but it's the same song. And that's what you do.” ThinkingMatterArtistCertainSongKnownSubjectsAlbumsSubject Matter Author:Eric Church
“Typing in the name of a song and downloading the song you really have no connection with the artist at that point. So I think it is still important to have physical CDs and stuff like that.” ThinkingStillsImportantArtistSongNamesStuffConnectionsCdsTyping Author:Jason Aldean