“One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten graduation. I did, like, a Michael Jackson impersonation as, like, a five year old. I had the suit and blazer, the glove and the fedora, and I just performed a whole Michael Jackson song. I'm sure it was 'Smooth Criminal.” PeopleYearsFirstsWholeBigsSongFiveGroupsFrontsFirst TimeCriminalsSuitsFive YearsSmoothGlovesKindergartenFive Year OldsBlazersFedoras Author:Chance the Rapper
“Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where?” IfsFirstsSaidSongFirst TimeRelease Author:Nancy Sinatra
“My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.” WritingFirstsSongRecordsWrittenTvsFirst TimeUniversalAlbumsBusPromotingLiving OnWriting SongsPersonal Experiences Author:Kate Voegele
“I took a lot time to do the first album, and I was really happy about that album. I co-wrote the songs and it was a learning process. When I was working on that album I realized, for the first time, that I could write my own songs.” WritingFirstsSongProcessMy OwnFirst TimeAlbumsI RealizedLearning ProcessReally Happy Author:Tove Styrke
“I feel like you have to constantly keep proving yourself, and you have to constantly keep getting out there and showing them you're more than just that one song on the radio that's just playing. And that's what I had to do the first time around; I had to keep going out there and keep performing live.” FeelsFirstsSongLike YouProveFirst TimeRadioPerformingKeep GoingGoing OutProving YourselfPerforming Live Author:Bruno Mars
“I have a very young brother and sister, and if you can get a kid singing the words to a song after they heard it for the first time, it's a hit.” IfsFirstsKidsYoungSongHeardBrotherSingingFirst TimeBrothers And SistersYoung Brother Author:Adam Levine
“When someone tells me what he or she was doing the first time they heard a song of mine, then I've done a good job. If my song becomes about your life, then I'm successful.” IfsFirstsDoneJobsSongSuccessfulHeardMinesFirst TimeGood Job Author:Lyle Lovett
“There's always a tension between wanting to write a really concise, instant gratification type song that gets under your skin the first time you hear it, and wanting to really stretch out. I think it's a healthy tension.” ThinkingWritingFirstsSongTypeHealthyFirst TimeSkinsInstantTensionGratificationInstant GratificationConcise Author:Andrew Bird