“As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.” HardReasonSongUnderstandingReason WhySongwritersCordsUmbilical Cord Author:K. D. Lang
“There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.” KnowsReasonNightSongOpportunityFeltCome UpCarefulFighterReason WhyBe CarefulEvery NightBlastFoo FightersHallowed Ground Author:Dave Grohl
“One of my favorites has always been 'Swap Meet.' One of the reasons why I like that is it's a song that's in a drop-D tuning, and of course, also being a guitar player, it's one of the songs that I really like the riff on it.” ReasonSongCoursesPlayerGuitarReason WhyGuitar PlayerTuning Author:Chad Channing
“One reason why love songs are better than love itself is that you can replay them.” ReasonSongReason WhyReplay Author:Tablo
“People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song.” PeopleReasonStoriesSongStandardsFolksReason WhyFolk Music Author:Brandi Carlile
“It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so mediocre.” PeopleReasonPlaySongAbsurdReason WhyMediocreUncool Author:Steven Van Zandt