“I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't like covers. But I love them. It gives you a new perspective production-wise. It's easier for me, if I'm starting a new record, I like to produce a few songs that aren't mine just so it frees me up not to worry about it so much.” IfsGivingArtistSongWorryRecordsWiseProduceMinesPerspectiveEasierStartingProductionsListenersNew Perspective Author:Greg Laswell
“Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do in these areas.' As I start looking around me, looking at things in ways that I can become helpful, starting at the first thing, water. Something as simple as water.” WayFirstsWellsI CanHelpingSongWaterCan DoSimpleAreasStartingRapHelpfulRap Song Author:Jay-Z
“Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.” WritingSongFootballSeriesStartingBoundariesCrucialTimingStoppingProtectiveGears Author:Christine Lavin
“I do write. I actually do want to start my music as well. My sister and I are starting a band. I've been playing a guitar for nine years, and she plays piano, and we sing together. We're going to start up something soon. I mostly am writing songs right now actually, but I would love to write a script someday.” WantWritingYearsWellsPlayTogetherSongRight NowBandGuitarStartingScriptsNinePianoSomedayMy SisterWriting SongsNine Years Author:Kaitlyn Dever
“Еach song is like starting over. Because somehow, no song's formula works for another. And that's the beauty of it all. Each song's destiny is embedded in its DNA. And our job is to reveal it.” JobsSongDestinyStartingFormulasDnaStarting OverEmbedded Author:David First
“I was working for Alan Lomax in the Library of Congress folk song archive, and starting to realize what a wealth of different kinds of music there was in this country that you never heard on the radio.” KindDifferentCountrySongRealizingWealthHeardLibraryStartingCongressFolksRadioDifferent KindsArchivesFolk SongsDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Pete Seeger
“Is it me or is President Bush's life starting to sound like a country song. He's from Texas, his dog just died, and it looks like he might lose his job. Next thing, his truck is going to break down.” LooksCountryMightJobsSongNextSoundPresidentLosesBreakDogDiedStartingTexasBreaking DownTruckPresident Bush Author:Jay Leno
“Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.” PurposeSongChanceAudienceStageEmotionalSingingStartingPerformingConnectingPerforming On Stage Author:Naturi Naughton
“It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything about at the time. Later on I'm starting to feel the songs. Sing them first, feel them later.” KnowsFeelsFirstsSongStarting Author:Tanya Tucker
“I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar to learn Neil Young songs first.” FirstsPlayYoungSongGuitarStarting Author:Jesse Harris
“When I was first starting out, I drove myself around the country in my Honda Civic, playing anywhere that would have me. This is a chance to strip the songs down to their roots and let the audience hear them the way I write them.” WayWritingFirstsCountrySongChanceAudienceRootsStartingCivicsStarting OutHonda Author:Eric Hutchinson
“I need all kinds of songs - fast ones, slow ones, minor key, ballads, rumbas - and they all get juggled around during a live show. I've been trying for years to come up with songs that have the feeling of a Shakespearean drama, so I'm always starting with that.” NeedsTryingYearsKindShowsFeelingsSongKeysDramaStartingCome UpAll KindsMinorsBalladsRumba Author:Bob Dylan