“I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.” HappensSongGamesNamesRecordsCuttingFiguresFindingsExcuseProducersSongwritersMake It HappenNo ExcusesSchedulingExcuse You Author:Rico Love
“There are always meaningful songs for somebody. People are doing their courting, people are finding their wives, people are making babies, people are washing their dishes, people are getting through the day, with songs that we may find insignificant. But their significance is affirmed by others. There’s always someone affirming the significance of a song by taking a woman into his arms or by getting through the night. That’s what dignifies the song. Songs don’t dignify human activity. Human activity dignifies the song.” PeopleHumansMayNightSongWifeBabyArmsActivityFindingsMeaningfulSignificanceDishesInsignificantWashingHuman ActivityAffirmingMeaningful Song Author:Leonard Cohen
“Songs start with my bringing in the basic riffs for what you might call a verse and a chorus, an A and a B part...whatever. And sometimes a C and even a D. That's kind of the easy, or at least easier part. The hard part is finding that special, perfect way to order things - how many times to do A before B and back and how the second verse differs from the first. That's all we got.” WayFirstsKindSometimesHardMightSongOrderEasyPerfectSpecialEasierFindingsVersesChorus Author:David First
“Since I met Starsmith, my producer, I really feel like I'm making music because we write it together and produce it together. I've got a proper involvement in the end product as opposed to just writing a song and finding someone else to produce it.” FeelsWritingEndsTogetherSongProduceProductsMetsFindingsProducersInvolvementFinding Someone Author:Ellie Goulding
“Experience is all I have. I equate song-writing with archeology. Every day you dig. You dig into different places within yourself - even finding places that you've rarely been. And buried within the soil is song.” WritingDifferentSongFindingsSoilBuriedDifferent PlaceArcheology Author:Jon Foreman
“Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most holocausts don't, so they have this bitterness left over. The phenomenon of the world, as far as Black Americans are considered, is that we are not a bitter people.” PeopleWorldShouldSongLeftGivenBlackPerfectFindingsWeaponsCreditBitterPhenomenonBitternessHolocaustBitter People Author:Nikki Giovanni
“I am really obsessed with finding melodies that just hypnotize you and sink you into a song.” SongFindingsObsessedMelody Author:Hoodie Allen
“Collaboration is just about finding people who are better than you at certain things and combining your powers. Like, if I'm not the strongest at playing piano, I'll work with someone who's really good at it and we'll combine both our brains to write a song.” PeopleIfsWritingCertainSongBrainFindingsPianoStrongestCollaborationBetter Than YouCombiningPlaying Piano Author:Charlyne Yi