“When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world.” WorldFirstsEnoughProblemSongAngry Author:Michael Franti
“Well, the problem I've had with all the interviews I've had in America - I had meetings with about nine labels - and they all say to me "Will your new songs fit in with what is popular and what is in the chart?" And I say "Good God, I hope not!"” WellsProblemAmericaSongFitMeetingsNineLabelsInterviewsGood GodNew Songs Author:Steven Morrissey
“The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of revenge. Man has never risen above the injunction of the lex talionis: "Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.” MenHumansMadeSelfFactsProblemHandsEyeLawLife IsSongIndividualNationsSocialPathFeetOceanUglySolveRevengeTeethHuman LifeRisingSpiteTidesPursuedRisenRecurringSocial ProblemsRetaliationWreckage Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Singing a song, playing sports - anything that entertains, that takes people away from their own problems, is good.” PeopleProblemSongSportsSingingPlaying Sports Author:Stan Lee
“Many of the songs were written as a way of paying tribute to specific people, but in the end the songs took on a life of their own and I didn't worry about accuracy or biographical truth, so it's not a problem.” PeopleWayEndsProblemSongWorryWrittenTributeAccuracy Author:Michael Gira
“I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles.” KnowsProblemBigsUsedSongLinesFansUsed To BeTitlesNo Problem Author:Ringo Starr
“I guess that's a big problem with working with computers - you've got the luxury to keep tweaking the songs until the last second and beyond. So I don't think I'll ever have that feeling, unless I'm the one finishing the track.” ThinkingFeelingsProblemBigsLastsSongComputerTrackLuxuryFinishingBig Problems Author:David Macklovitch
“I keep a lot of my problems bottled up inside me. That's why it's good, it's bad because I go through it, but it's really, what the fu*k I'm going through. That's why I ain't able to cry, I could try to make myself cry and it won't happen. But at the same time somebody could hear my song and they gonna cry for me.” TryingProblemHappensAbleSongCry Author:Trae tha Truth
“I love a good pop song. I have no problem with the concept of doing that sort of thing. For me, it's usually what I'm inspired by, what I'm thinking about.” ThinkingProblemSongConceptsInspiredPopsNo ProblemPop Song Author:Jon Foreman
“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