“I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you.” MenSaidGuySongDarkHeardCoupleHip HopStudiosHipsHops Author:Alan Vega
“Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while recording and appearing as a solo artist as well. Unnur has joined me as an unpaid guest on a few Icelandic shows in recent years, so it is a great pleasure to return the favour and appear on one of her songs at last. This new track, Sunshine, came about in Italy, written as an ode to sunlight and happiness after fleeing the dark winter in Iceland” YearsWellsShowsLastsArtistSongDarkPleasureWrittenReturnMusicianWinterInternationalTrackSingersSunshineGuestsSunlightSoloFavourSessionAppearingFleeingViolinistIcelandOdesReykjavik Author:Ian Anderson
“I like to hear songs which can lay it all on, songs which can look at the dark side as well as the bright side, sometimes they can be as strong as each other. Love and hatred are close.” WellsLooksSometimesSongStrongSidesDarkHatredLaysDark SideBright SideHatred And Love Author:Jim Capaldi
“Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.” ShouldWritingArtEndsSongDarkResultsQualityMysteriousSongwritingEnd Results Author:Martin Gore
“I wrote these two songs ["Coming Out of the Dark" and "Always Tomorrow"] as a celebration of hope. And I want to send it out to all of those people who are suffering through this terrible disaster [Hurricane Katrina], and please know that you are not alone - and you will not be.” PeopleKnowsWantTwoSufferingSongDarkTomorrowTerriblePleaseDisasterComing OutCelebrationNot AloneHurricanesKatrinaHurricane Katrina Author:Gloria Estefan
“I am pregnant with song. My body aches but do not betray me. I will sing songs and hide them away. I will tear them into bits and throw them in the street. The streets of my city are full of dark holes. I will hide my songs in the holes of the streets.” BodySongBitsDarkCitiesStreetsTearsHolesBetrayPregnantAche Book:Mid-American Chants Source: Mid-American Chants
“I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to songs that had a brilliant pun or a clever turn of phrase, but came from a dark, bitter place. As a writer, I've always gravitated towards that feeling.” WayWritingCountryFeelingsKidsSongTurnsDarkInfluenceHugeBrilliantCleverBitterObsessedPhrasesPun Author:Teddy Thompson
“When I'm working on a Slipknot song, it's like a switch flips in my head. I can go there easily - it doesn't take a lot of soul searching - and it's a dark, almost sinister place. Stone Sour is more the way I've always written. It's a different tone.” WayI CanDifferentSoulSongDarkWrittenStonesToneSoul SearchingFlipSourSinisterStone Sour Author:Corey Taylor
“Roy Blount, who is the funniest person I know, journeys deep into the dark heart of humor and brings back a wonderfully insightful, superbly crafted song of the soul that had me laughing and crying too” KnowsHeartPersonsSoulSongDarkLaughingJourneyCryInsightful Author:Dave Barry
“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
“I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just something I always felt like documenting.” FeelsReasonSeemsMightSongFeltDarkSituation Author:James Vincent McMorrow