“As a consumer, if I heard someone who said, "I've written this song," and then I found out it wasn't by them, it's a bit disappointing. A lot of the guys that do that are really talented and they've made some incredible music, but they get addicted to having success and feel too much pressure, so they get other people to make sure that their next song makes money.” PeopleIfsFeelsMadeSaidGuySongNextFoundBitsToo MuchWrittenHeardPressureIncrediblesMaking MoneyConsumersDisappointing Author:Howard Lawrence
“The artist thing is just natural. If that comes out, the music, the songs, I need some actual time which I dedicate to it. But I don't have to sit down eight hours a day in order to get out what I need to create. That is just always bubbeling inside and than evetually it just comes out.” IfsNeedsArtistSongOrderHoursNaturalEight Author:Sage Francis
“I don't care if I tell that story and John Roderick gets up afterward and yells, 'I hope you enjoyed the white privilege, mortality comedy of John Hodgman!' That's me!" I'm going to play a sad Handsome Family song at the end and I guarantee you everyone is going to love it because, sometimes, you need a grown man or woman to tell you what you like.” IfsMenNeedsEndsSometimesPlayStoriesCareSongWhiteComedyPrivilegeDon't CareGet UpEnjoyedI Don't CareGuaranteesMortalityHandsomeWhite PrivilegeGrown Man Author:John Hodgman
“If I feel like I'm going too far in one direction, I just can it. It's a weird thing. Some of my songs might be cheesy; I try and keep it light. It's hard to explain.” IfsFeelsTryingHardLightMightSongCheesyOne DirectionWeird Things Author:Mac DeMarco
“If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.” IfsGivingHeartPlaySongEnergyPerformancesConcentrationGood HeartGood Energy Author:Levon Helm
“If I write songs and I think they sound good, then that's it. That's what I do. I'm not a technical musician, which is fine for rock and roll.” IfsThinkingWritingSongSoundRocksFineMusicianRock And Roll Author:Creed Bratton
“To reach the highest level you have to not just have a dream and focus but you also have to make sure you are writing great songs, and if you feel they're what you want to represent you, that is key. But getting out on the road is key. And get your music out there. Maybe something catches, maybe it gets picked up and used on television, you just never know.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsWritingDreamUsedSongLevelsFocusTelevisionKeysHighestWhat You Want Author:Joan Jett
“What I like to do with music is make people feel better. Make people realize that all humans have the same problems, more or less. A lot of people deal with the same thing. A lot of times people think problems are specific to them and they if they hear a song about a problem common to them, they feel good because they know that someone else has gone through it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsHumansProblemSongRealizingDealsCommonGoneMusic IsFeel GoodFeel BetterMake People Feel Better Author:Jack Johnson
“For me there's insecurity when you're releasing an album because you spend all of this time working on that one thing and then once it's done, it's done. After you put it out there to the public you never know which songs are going to work or even if the album is going to work as a whole so there is a little bit of nervousness around predicting what the numbers will be and if it's going to be well-received.” IfsKnowsWellsLittlesDoneWholeSongBitsNumbersOne ThingLittle BitAlbumsInsecurityGoing To WorkPredictingNervousness Author:John Legend
“That is the difference between a good song and a bad song lyrically - if you can listen to it and put yourself in that place, or see that person in that place, normally it is a pretty good song.” IfsPersonsSongDifferences Author:Ne-Yo
“When you're writing a song and there are five people invested in it, it's easy for one person to say, 'Oh, this song is about this and that', and everyone has to hear the idea and see if they can do better.” PeopleIfsWritingPersonsIdeasSongEasyCan DoFive Author:Jason Mraz
“To create an album of love, I really had - I thought it was going to be easy, because I've always written love songs. But I thought if I really want to make a love album that contributes, that actually means something, I've got to go deep.” IfsWantMeanSongEasyWrittenAlbums Author:Jason Mraz
“Music is an amazing thing. I don't know if we really think about it the same way we consider a painting an amazing thing. I mean, a painting is, in quotes, imaginary. There is nothing on the canvas when you start; and writing a song, there is nothing there when you start.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWritingMeanSongPaintingMusic IsImaginaryCanvasAmazing Things Author:Lou Reed
“If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.” PeopleIfsSongGlad Author:John Darnielle
“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