“I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.” StoriesSongBehindsWrittenHavensEngaging Author:Cassandra Wilson
“Marvin Gaye said there's a song inside of me and I can't get it out. And I know it's in there, and I can feel that it's in there, and I can't get it out. There's so much that I want to say, and I haven't been able to figure out how to say it in my art. I can only say it in ham-fisted, clumsy, nonpoetic ways, and I'm trying to figure out how to talk about life and talk about love and talk about pain and trials and tribulation in an artistic form.” KnowsWayWantFeelsTryingArtSaidI CanAblePainFormSongHavensFiguresTrialsArtisticTribulationClumsyHamTrials And TribulationsMarvin Author:Will Smith
“I maintain that the best song is the one that ends up on the album. So whether I've written it or I haven't, I'm very comfortable with both.” EndsSongWrittenHavensComfortableAlbums Author:Kylie Minogue
“For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy, unfulfilled, even after 400 generations in villages and cities, we haven't forgotten: The open road still softly calls like a nearly forgotten song of childhood.” StillsSongLeftCitiesGenerationsChildhoodHavensMaterialsAdvantageForgottenVillageEdgySedentaryOpen Road Book:Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space Source: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“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 thing with me is I'd rather have my cult following than just have a huge song. I haven't had one album or one official single release, but I probably got 500 songs out in people's collection.” PeopleSongHavensHugeAlbumsFollowingReleaseOfficialsCollectionsCult Author:Richard Hilfiger
“I'm an extremely slow worker, very unprolific. It can take me weeks to do a three-minute song, or at least to make it sound, in my mind, like I haven't written it. That's when I'm satisfied.” MindSongThreeSoundWrittenWeekMinutesHavensWorkersSatisfiedTake Me Author:Nick Lowe
“I'm good with songs I haven't written, if I like them. I'm glad I didn't write any of them. I already know how they go, so I have more freedom with them. I understand these songs. I've known them for 40 years, 50 years, maybe longer, and they make a lot of sense. So I'm not coming to them like a stranger.” IfsKnowsWritingYearsSongKnownKnow HowWrittenHavensStrangerGlad Author:Bob Dylan
“There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk about hip hop, they're confused because they haven't done their homework on it so you have a case where there's an award for the most pop song in the world and it's called 'hip hop'.” WorldNeedsDoneSongGivenCasesMediaHavensStructureHip HopPopsHipsConfusedHopsAwardsHomeworkPop SongMisrepresentation Author:Nas
“I've written good love songs when I have been in love and I've written good love songs when I haven't.” Has BeensSongWrittenHavensBeen In LoveGood Love Author:John Legend