“I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it probably really works for somebody. It's maybe somebody's favorite tune, and it's really hard to come down on that, even if I feel a little embarrassed for it. Because some songs are written like a commercial, and that can be a little strange.” IfsFeelsLittlesHardSongWrittenEffectsProduceStrangeCraftsTunesEmbarrassed Author:Ryan Adams
“A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits” MindWellsDoeReasonFeelingsSongMoralGreaterEffectsProduceHabitWarmStrikesConvinceBalladsAlterations Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“[Scottish songs] are, I own, frequently wild, & unreduceable to the more modern rules; but on that very eccentricity, perhaps, depends a great part of their effect.” SongModernEffectsDependsScottishEccentricity Author:Robert Burns
“All birds during the pairing season become more or less sentimental, and murmur soft nothings in a tone very unlike the grinding-organ repetition and loudness of their habitual song. The crow is very comical as a lover; and to hear him trying to soften his croak to the proper Saint-Preux standard has something the effect of a Mississippi boatman quoting Tennyson.” TryingSongEffectsLoversStandardsBirdSeasonsSaintToneOrgansRepetitionSentimentalCrowMississippiHabitualComicalQuotingTennyson Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
“Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But to produce this effect there must be a quality of soul and voice which is by no means common even with great singers.” ShouldMeanDoeSoulBeautifulSongSoundVoiceCommonQualityAirEffectsProduceSingingSingers Book:Pensées of Joubert Source: Pensées of Joubert
“I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal songs, really heavy songs I love writing on an acoustic because I can hear what every string is doing; the vibrations haven't been combined in a collision of distortion or effects yet.” IfsWritingI CanHardSongTurnsEffectsRocksHavensGuitarHeavyStringsMetalsVibrationsBecause I CanDistortionAcousticsCollisionHeavy MetalAcoustic GuitarHard RockRock Song Author:Corey Taylor
“The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencies, film strips, etc.). Its main purpose is to place the staged events in their historical context.” ArtFilmPurposeArtistSongActorsEffectsEventsTragedyTheaterHistoricalEtcEpicAlienationTransparencyChorusHistorical Context Author:Bertolt Brecht
“Yoga has had a profound effect on my songs and performances. I don't meditate in the traditional style of sitting and doing nothing. I prefer the zen of paying attention, such as the meditation of yoga flow, or walking meditations. I also consider singing, surfing and gardening to very meditative.” SongAttentionMeditationEffectsStyleWalkingSingingYogaSittingFlowPerformancesProfoundTraditionalPay AttentionGardeningSurfingDoing NothingWalking Meditation Author:Jason Mraz
“Most Christmas carols have no obvious religious content, or at least that's noticeable to most people. I mean, it is almost by definition, a cultural phenomenon, all these songs, even though they point to this very religious holiday. They're not religious songs in effect anymore.” PeopleMeanSongReligiousEffectsDefinitionsObviousHolidayPhenomenonCarolsChristmas CarolReligious Holiday Author:Howard Dean