“The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.” ThinkingWayWellsTwoSongProcessSituationGoneDepends Author:Michael McKean
“I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.” WritingSongEnjoySituationBusyBunchDown Time Author:Kate Voegele
“Being a rock musician is already like ego-tripping hardcore. You're self-consumed, and you're always thinking. It's really easy to say, "I'm going to write a song about this situation, and when I'm done, everyone will care." To everybody else, that's ego-tripping.” ThinkingWritingSelfDoneCareSongEasySituationRocksEgoMusicianConsumedRock MusicHardcoreAlways ThinkingTrippingRock Musicians Author:Ryan Adams
“I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.” ThinkingSongSituation Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.” PeopleThinkingSaidIdeasRealMatterLastsNightSongCultureGirlLeftSituationSubjectsAlbumsPopsPop CultureSubject MatterDuran Duran Author:Nick Rhodes
“I'd been in a couple situations where I'd seen bands realize that they didn't have to get a good take in order to get something that sounded like a song. The musicians are there and they don't quite have it together, and then the engineer says, "Oh! That's okay, I'll just cut and paste the verse!"” TogetherSongOrderRealizingSituationCuttingCoupleBandMusicianOkayEngineersVerses Author:J. Robbins
“If songs were lines in a conversation, the situation would be fine . . .” IfsWould BeSongLinesSituationMusicFineConversationSinger SongwritersFolk Music Author:Nick Drake
“A song is not going to change this damn world. Instead of making people mad about this shitty situation, it's going to make everybody happy. It's a false thing. It's like a lullaby as opposed to a gun. People need to be slapped into reality and music just doesn't do that.” PeopleWorldNeedsRealitySongSituationGunMadDamnLullaby Author:Chaka Khan
“I write a lot of songs about being in love, how beautiful women are but I've definitely experienced that other side of love where you're in a situation where you love a girl so much but you just know for a fact that she doesn't love you the same. "Grenade" is the extreme way of saying "I'd do anything for you and why can't I feel you would do the same for me?” KnowsWayFeelsWritingFactsBeautifulSongGirlSidesSituationLove YouExtremesBeautiful WomenBeing In LoveGrenade Author:Bruno Mars
“So many women have experienced horrific forms of male violence throughout their lives, and why isn't there a song about how you get depressed because of it? And you don't know what to do, and you don't know how to talk to your friends and how weird it is to be a feminist in that situation, where there's sort of the expectation that you're super-strong superwoman but you're just, like, eating pizza in your house avoiding talking about it.” KnowsFormSongHouseStrongTalkingSituationKnow HowViolenceEatingExpectationsMalesFeministAvoidingPizzaHorrificSuperwomanSuper Woman Author:Kathleen Hanna
“The song is about knowing the end result of every situation you're in, and being able to play it out in your mind and see it before it happens. It's about addiction, really, about knowing how it's all going to end up. In that sense, you're watching a movie of yourself all the time - and then you want out of that movie.” WantMindEndsPlayHappensAbleSongResultsSituationKnowingAddictionEnd Results Author:Rufus Wainwright
“I've been in situations like in Tokyo where people sang my song word for word and then when the music stopped, they couldn't speak to me. I've seen the music break the language barrier.” PeopleSongSpeakLanguageSituationBreakBarriersTokyoLanguage Barriers Author:Curtis Jackson
“I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there and make this a record for mass consumption, this was really just a way for me to get out of my own situation and reclaim that part of myself - so when making the songs, I wanted a testament to what I'd gone through, I wanted a snapshot of those moments.” WayMadeMomentsWantedSongMy OwnSituationGoneRecordsMassConsumptionTestamentSnapshotsMass Consumption Author:Frank Iero
“I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.” ThinkingShouldTryingMeanHas BeensSongUnderstandingSituationShould HaveAnd LovePeace And LoveUnderstanding And Love Author:Ringo Starr
“Sometimes I think that no situation actually fits the technical definition of irony, and that the word just sort of hangs out in the linguistic ether singing a Siren song that's designed to crash the unsuspecting against the jagged rocks of pedantry.” ThinkingSometimesSongSituationRocksFitSingingDefinitionsIronyHanging OutCrashSirensPedantryUnsuspectingSiren Song Author:Mike Duncan
“I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way out of a terrible situation. I crazily try to be the diplomat. If there are two warring factions in my life, I want them to agree to disagree at the very least.” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingPersonsTwoSongSituationWrittenTerribleAgreeOptimisticHopelessDisagreeFactionsDiplomatsAgree To Disagree Author:Michael Stipe
“I have a song I wrote called “Autobiography.” I came from a very intense living situation, with having a parent on drugs and not having a lot of money. So I always want to talk about the real things. But I think 90 percent of my music, I want it to be 'feel-good music'. I'm already recording tracks for my album, but when it comes time to actually say, 'this is the album,' I may be in a completely different space than I'm in right now.” ThinkingWantFeelsMayDifferentRealSongParentSpaceSituationRight NowDrugPercentTrackAlbumsIntenseFeel GoodLots Of MoneyAutobiographyReal Things Author:Nicki Minaj
“I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just something I always felt like documenting.” FeelsReasonSeemsMightSongFeltDarkSituation Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“I think my music is definitely country but it's got a little bit of that rock flair about it. I always try to find the things that everyday people deal with in their everyday lives and situations in the songs that I sing.” PeopleThinkingTryingLittlesCountrySongBitsDealsSituationRocksLittle BitMusic IsEverydayEveryday LifeFlair Author:Jason Aldean