“I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called 'Sukiyaki,' which is a very famous Japanese song, and I've actually heard from people that they've been in bars in Asia where they've seen me come up in the 'Sukiyaki' video that they play behind you. I'm in that. I'm in a karaoke video.” PeoplePlaySongBehindsHeardCome UpBarsVideoAsiaBehind YouKaraokeVery Famous Author:Michael Weatherly
“There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.” KnowsReasonNightSongOpportunityFeltCome UpCarefulFighterReason WhyBe CarefulEvery NightBlastFoo FightersHallowed Ground Author:Dave Grohl
“I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might have come up with something resembling a song as early as 4 or 5 years old.” YearsLongHas BeensI CanSeemsMightRememberSongInstrumentsCome UpPiano Author:Ian MacKaye
“And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all their growing days there in the ground, and all the things they did hear. Earth-voices are glad voices, and earth-songs come up from the ground through the plants; and in their flowering, and in the days before these days are come, they do tell the earth-songs to the wind ... I have thinks these potatoes growing here did have knowings of star-songs.” ThinkingEarthSpiritReligionSongSpiritualityStarsVoiceKnowingGrowingWindConversationPlantCome UpGladThese DaysGardeningPotatoesFlowering Author:Opal Whiteley
“All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song. Even the trees of the wood are glad over you, the trees of Lebanon, saying, From the time of your fall no wood-cutter has come up against us with an axe.” EarthSongFallTreeQuietCome UpWoodsGladForestsOver YouBurstingLebanonCutters Author:Isaiah
“Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.” SongNextToughStructureCome UpListsHatsSpontaneousRequestBe Spontaneous Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“I am always amazed by the novel angles that people come up with for kids' Christmas books. Even if a family is not religious, who could resist, say, "Olive, the Other Reindeer," about Olive the dog who thinks the song refers to her and heads for the North Pole to help Santa out?” PeopleIfsThinkingBookHelpingKidsSongReligiousNovelDogCome UpAmazedAngleSantaOlivesNorth PoleReindeer Author:Jabari Asim
“I have a creative mind, so if I listen to the song, I have an idea, I thought of five or six months ago, I'll bring it back into the playing field. I can tweak ideas or make them better. Just come up with something and then we go from there.” IfsMindI CanIdeasSongCreativeFiveFieldsMonthsSixCome UpSix MonthsPlaying FieldsCreative MindTweak Author:Chris Brown
“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
“It was dark and misty for 2 weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote 'Mr. Blue Sky' and 13 other songs in the next two weeks.” LooksTwoBeautifulSongNextDarkSunWeekSkyBlueCome UpWowTwo WeeksBlue SkyMistyAlps Author:Jeff Lynne
“Once I come up with the concept, the rest of the song just comes.” SongConceptsCome Up Author:Fetty Wap
“I write a little something every day, even though I don't write a song [every day]. Everything inspires me. I'll come up with a line, or somebody will say something that will trigger something.” WritingLittlesSongLinesInspireCome UpTriggers Author:Dolly Parton
“Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.” IfsWellsWholeInspirationSongProcessSeeingMissingBandStructureCome UpRoughMelodySongwritingWriting ProcessChordsJamImprovising Author:Chris Wyse
“I didn't make the same song twice, but I definitely made the sequel to it, because everyone would come up to me in the streets saying, "Yo Khaled, make another 'I'm So Hood.' We love that record so much.” MadeSongRecordsStreetsCome UpHoodSequels Author:DJ Khaled
“I need all kinds of songs - fast ones, slow ones, minor key, ballads, rumbas - and they all get juggled around during a live show. I've been trying for years to come up with songs that have the feeling of a Shakespearean drama, so I'm always starting with that.” NeedsTryingYearsKindShowsFeelingsSongKeysDramaStartingCome UpAll KindsMinorsBalladsRumba Author:Bob Dylan
“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 start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits - and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!” IfsHas BeensI CanIdeasBigsSongCome UpListsComprehensive Author:Al Yankovic
“When I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to.” WantWritingTryingSongFansCome Up Author:Matt Smith