“I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.” TryingSongNiceShapesChords Author:Jeff Lynne
“I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.” ThinkingWritingTryingYearsTogetherSongSeeingFitHealthyShapesRiversChordsFoldsLennon Author:Andrew Dost
“The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.” MaySongShapesAriseTriumphStrainLamentation Book:The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III. Source: The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III.
“This is a catastrophic universe, always; and subject to hidden reversals, upheavals, changes, cataclysms, with joy never anything but the song of substance under pressure forced into new forms and shapes.” FormJoySongUniverseSubjectsShapesPressureSubstanceUnder PressureUpheavalReversal Author:Doris Lessing
“A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle. The rock stars have assimilated all kinds of philosophies, styles, histories, writings, and they throw out what they have gleaned from that.” PeopleWritingKindPhilosophyCharacterUseBodySongStarsInfluenceRocksStyleShapesLifestyleAll KindsDevicesRock StarInfluencing People Book:David Bowie: The Last Interview Source: David Bowie: The Last Interview
“You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.” FirstsSongRecordsWeekFansCoupleShapesPicksCriticsGuitarReactionsPhrasesIrelandLoadAutobiographyBaggage Author:Ellie Goulding
“I really work hard to shape the song so that it's attractive... You don't want to give people the information in an enema.” PeopleWantGivingHardSongInformationHard WorkShapesAttractive Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“I can picture the color of the song, or the shape of it, or who it is that I'm trying to appeal to, in the song, and what I'm trying to, almost, reinforce my feelings for. And I know that sounds sort of vague and abstract, but I've got a handle on it when I'm doing it.” KnowsTryingI CanFeelingsSongSoundColorShapesHandleAppealsAbstractVague Author:Bob Dylan