“There are times when I want to be plainspoken about my feelings in a song. But there are other times when it's really good to try and get my head around different kinds of song structures, or maybe I might get turned on by trying to write a song that would fit in this one scene in a movie. And by the end of all this, you just end up with a bunch of different ideas. And songs are really just ideas.” WantWritingTryingKindIdeasDifferentEndsFeelingsMightSongFitSceneStructureBunchDifferent KindsDifferent Ideas Author:Ryan Adams
“I like the idea that within the structure of the song, some kind of built-in improvisation keeps them fragile and in their moment, so that I'm not projecting so much, so that my perception of the song doesn't interfere with what its real body is. Sometimes it's like telling a story that I heard in passing, and I don't want it to become completely mine.” WantKindIdeasRealSometimesMomentsStoriesBodySongHeardMinesPerceptionBuiltStructurePassingPassingsFragileInterfereImprovisation Author:Ryan Adams
“I realize that people won't even download the entire album and might just download a song or two and put it in a playlist for a workout or in the background while people do dishes. That's fine and I can't dictate how people listen to my music, but I structure records the way I listen to records.” PeopleWayI CanTwoMightSongRealizingRecordsFineStructureAlbumsBackgroundsDishesWorkoutDownloadsPlaylists Author:Mikal Cronin
“Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat.” SongNextToughStructureCome UpListsHatsSpontaneousRequestBe Spontaneous Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.” IfsWellsWholeInspirationSongProcessSeeingMissingBandStructureCome UpRoughMelodySongwritingWriting ProcessChordsJamImprovising Author:Chris Wyse
“Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.” PeopleHeartKindSongStructure Author:Paul McCartney
“There needs to be structures in place to do something about misrepresentation about hip hop. When awards are given out and the media talk about hip hop, they're confused because they haven't done their homework on it so you have a case where there's an award for the most pop song in the world and it's called 'hip hop'.” WorldNeedsDoneSongGivenCasesMediaHavensStructureHip HopPopsHipsConfusedHopsAwardsHomeworkPop SongMisrepresentation Author:Nas