“When I finished a song that I thought was good, I thought, I don't know where that came from, so I have no idea if I can do that again. I'm talking like, a hundred and fifty songs down the line. I still feel that.” IfsKnowsFeelsStillsI CanIdeasSongCan DoLinesTalkingHundredFinishedNo IdeaFifty Author:Trevor Rabin
“If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.” IfsWayShouldLooksDifferentSongRoomsTalkingPiecesInformationDesignPaperUniqueShould HaveEightBarsKicksFormulasArchitectBlankInitials Author:Ryan Tedder
“But I knew - in the old days, if a song was a good song, I don't care if it was 'Yellow Submarine' or, you know, or 'The Times They Are a-Changin' or 'Don't Be Cruel', you knew it, you know? You heard that song, and you were talking about it, and you knew it.” IfsKnowsCareSongTalkingHeardDon't CareI Don't CareYellowOld DaysSubmarines Author:Don McLean
“Any young, aspiring musicians out there, if music is what you want to do, if music is what you love and your passion. It doesn't take a fragrance, it's not about the tabloids, it's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, practicing your vocals, practicing your instrument, practicing songwriting. Hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. I promise you, if you go out there and sing and you put your heart and soul into it and you follow your dream, one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl.” WorldWantWritingWholeSongNextTalkingRecordsOne DaySittingWhole WorldHopefullyBrokeBowlsSuper Bowl Author:Bruno Mars
“I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.” WayWritingTryingUseShowsCertainSongGivenDifferencesResponsibilityTalkingFansListeningRadioMaking A DifferenceWriting Songs Author:Randy Owen
“I'm not complaining about my cell phone - all my friends are in there, and all my favorite songs and all my favorite Benedict Cumberbatch GIFs; I don't want to give it up. But cell phones are the worst for talking on the phone.” WantGivingSongTalkingWorstMy FriendsMy FavoritePhonesComplainingCellsCell PhoneFavorite SongTalking On The Phone Author:Rainbow Rowell
“All which isn't singing is mere talking... and all talking's to oneself alone but the very song of (as mountains feel and lovers) singing is silence.” FeelsSongSilenceTalkingLoversMountainSingingMereOneself Author:e. e. cummings
“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
“I usually can be more honest writing songs than actually talking to people.” PeopleWritingSongTalkingHonestWriting Songs Author:Joshua Radin
“Hell, Justin and I even talking about recording a blues song sometime.” SongTalkingHellJustin Author:Hank Williams, Jr.
“In terms of love and romance, it just seems less and less like that's ever going to happen again, or be a possibility for me. I feel like I've irrevocably lost so much. You want the surprise, but it gets harder and harder to find, whether we're talking about romance, or somebody else's song, or your own song.” WantFeelsSeemsHappensRomanceSongLostTermTalkingPossibilityHarderSurprise Author:John Maus
“I'm not going to be like a rapper and mention the people I'm talking about in my songs by name.” PeopleSongNamesTalkingRapper Author:Austin Carlile
“Take the Long Way Home is a song that I wrote that's on two levels - on one level I'm talking about not wanting to go home to the wife, 'take the long way home' because she treats you like part of the furniture. But there's a deeper level to the song, too. I really believe we all want to find our true home, find that place in us where we feel at home, and to me, home is in the heart. When we’re in touch with our heart and we're living our life from our heart, then we do feel like we found our home.” WayWantFeelsBelieveHeartLongTwoHomeSongFoundLevelsTalkingOur LivesWifeTreatsDeeperFurnitureLong WayWay HomeTrue Home Author:Roger Hodgson
“It's really hard to fit a complex idea into a 3-minute pop song. And when you're dealing with issues that you're passionate about, usually they have various levels. And within a poem, you can get around the issue of space, and in a song the same way, by simply leaving holes and alluding to what you're talking about.” WayIdeasHardSongSpaceLevelsTalkingIssuesMinutesFitComplexesLeavingPassionateVariousPopsHolesPop Song Author:Jon Foreman