“Creating a decent pop song is a challenge - and occasionally, once in every decade - it's kind of fun to do that.” KindSongFunChallengesCreatingPopsDecadesDecentPop Song Author:David Sylvian
“That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song.” KnowsTryingDifferentEndsSongChallengesGrowing UpGrowingWonderfulTalentSongwriters Author:Margaret Whiting
“I like challenging myself. I like the challenge of rapping to fast beats, rapping to beats that are super slow, whatever. I like the challenges, so I'm not afraid to take on any piece of music and create a song to it if it feels right to me.” IfsFeelsSongChallengesPiecesBeatsRapNot AfraidFeels RightChallenging Myself Author:Will Ferrell
“The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible.” TryingSongChallengesStagePopsTranslatePop Music Author:Tove Styrke
“There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea. Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don't work creatively for me.” ThinkingWayI CanIdeasDifferentEnoughWould BeAbleSongChallengesFashionHumorousCleverDifferent WaysCandidatesFlatsParodyRepetitive Author:Al Yankovic
“I grew up watching Grease, and Grease 2. I fantasized about walking through school halls and busting out in a song. At that time, I was too much of a chicken to do so. Id love the challenge now.” SchoolSongChallengesToo MuchGrewWalkingGrew UpChickensHallsGreaseBustingBusting Out Author:J. D. Pardo
“I've also learned to only write songs and melodies that really work for my voice and that I won't have issues doing live. Because you can get really, really comfortable in the comping process: out of five takes, maybe one of those high notes that you struggled to do, nailed it, and then live you're having that challenge of really having to recreate that.” WritingSongProcessVoiceChallengesIssuesFiveComfortableNotesMelodyGet RealHigh Notes Author:Solange Knowles
“There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.” PeopleWantWritingTwoPlayNightSongChallengesRecordsFiveMonthsRadioFantasticComposerSaturdaySaturday NightTwo Months Author:Robert Wyatt