“A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that.” PeopleWritingKindPhilosophyCharacterUseBodySongStarsInfluenceRocksStyleShapesLifestyleAll KindsDevicesRock StarInfluencing People Book:David Bowie: The Last Interview Source: David Bowie: The Last Interview
“It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.” ThinkingWorldKindPlaySongMiraclePocketsDevices Author:Trent Reznor
“Sometimes, the best songs are the ones you write without any pen and paper or audio recording device or guitar in your hands. Because there's nothing between you and the melody; it's just a great lyric.” WritingSometimesHandsSongPaperGuitarDevicesMelodyPensAudioGreat LyricAudio Recording Author:Jon Foreman
“The whole trouble with a folk song is that once you have played it through there is nothing much you can do except play it over again and play it rather louder. Most Russian music, indeed, consists in ringing changes on this device, skilfully disguised though the fact may be.” MayPlayWholeFactsSongCan DoTroubleFolksDevicesFolk Songs Author:Constant Lambert