“Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically.” UsedSongResourcesErasCoveredSongwritersAstute Author:Martin Fry
“I've always worked to find really deep meaning of song and also at the same time having it covered in sugar, so it can be taken two or three different ways.” WayTwoDifferentSongThreeTakenDifferent WaysCoveredSugarReally DeepDeep Meaning Author:Jack White
“Getting older doesn't help you in the fact that you might have covered some of this ground before. So you're listening to a song that you know is a hit, but it just can't be a hit for you, it's gonna be a hit for somebody else. That's tough.” KnowsFactsHelpingMightSongListeningToughCoveredGetting OldGetting Older Author:Garth Brooks
“That's the evergreen nature of a great song. They can be resurrected. They can be covered. They can find new relevance due to changing circumstances in history.” SongCircumstancesDuesCoveredRelevanceEvergreens Author:John Legend
“David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.” IfsWayIdeasFeelingsHomeSongMy OwnHalfSuccessfulStreetsStupidDancingBombsBeing SuccessfulCoveredVansWay HomeHalf WayVan HalenPlaying Someone Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Port Talbot is a steel town, where everything is covered with gray iron ore dust. Even the beach is completely littered with dust, it's just black. The sun was setting, and it was quite beautiful. The contrast was extraordinary, I had this image of a guy sitting there on this dingy beach with a portable radio, tuning in these strange Latin escapist songs like 'Brazil.' The music transported him somehow and made his world less gray.” WorldMadeBeautifulGuySongBlackSunStrangeSittingTownsExtraordinaryRadioSettingSettingsDustBeachIronLatinCoveredGrayContrastSteelPortBrazilTuningEscapistsIron Ore Author:Terry Gilliam
“What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.” SongCultureCoveredAmazing ThingsPopular CulturePopular SongAccessibility Author:Robert Wyatt