“I don't know if any genuine meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.” IfsKnowsKindSongResultsMeaningfulGenuineThrowingPeanutsGorillas Author:Tom Waits
“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
“He [Johnny Cash] always wanted to use his music to lift other people up, to say no matter how much trouble, there's hope. That was always his message in his songs. That's why he and [Bob] Dylan bonded so much, because they were both trying to do something meaningful.” PeopleTryingMatterUseWantedSongTroubleMessagesMeaningfulLiftsCashBobDylan Author:Robert Hilburn
“You have to look at every one of your songs and be able to identify with them in a meaningful way. You can hardly sing your songs unless you're in them. If you want to fake it, go ahead. Fake it if you want. But I'm not that kind of singer.” IfsWayWantLooksKindAbleSongSingersMeaningfulFake Author:Bob Dylan
“I mean, Lady Gaga is trying to be a freak or whatever but that quality of being very meaningly and heartfelt, but also having a sense of humor about it, bands don't do that anymore. Lady Gaga's songs are cheesy. The Beatles weren't cheesy. That's the hardest thing with music: to not be cheesy, but also be meaningful. That's the goal, I think.” ThinkingTryingMeanSongGoalQualityBandMeaningfulHardestSense Of HumorFreakHardest ThingHeartfeltCheesyGagaVery Mean Author:Mac DeMarco