“Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected folk songs, retained the melodic line, kept what words were usable and rewrote the rest. He didn't claim ownership.” TodaySongHouseEnjoyLinesRichGeniusClaimsResponsibleFolksTreasureOwnershipScottishFolk SongsEnjoy Today Author:Jimmy Reid
“I have this idealistic and maybe naive thought that almost any song can be anything. If you record one song today, it would maybe be exciting and cool. But I could record the same song next week and it would be something completely different.” IfsDifferentWould BeTodaySongNextRecordsWeekExcitingNaiveNext WeekIdealistic Author:Sondre Lerche
“Thankfulness is not something God gives us. It is not a spiritual gift and it is not a spiritual fruit. We can receive God's peace, joy and love, but thankfulness is something that we give to Godand to others. It is a choice that we make. Let us thank Him today with songs of celebration, hearts of strong devotion and acts of admiration.” GivingHeartTodaySpiritualJoySongChoicesStrongAnd LoveFruitDevotionAdmirationCelebrationThanksgivingThankfulnessSpiritual Gifts Author:Roy Lessin
“I just sat down and thought, I'm going to write a song today, I'm going to give it a try. So I just stuck it on a tape like everything else. That was just another song.” GivingWritingTryingTodaySongDown AndStuckSatTape Author:Jules Shear
“Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of song and story to teach and to heal.” KnowsStoriesTodayPoetrySongConsciousnessTeachPoetHeal Author:Robert Moss
“When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go to art school, I was just following my muse. A woman who did that then was criticized for having no direction. Today they call it versatility.” WritingArtTodaySchoolSongCareersFollowingPerformingMuseWriting SongsArt SchoolVersatilityDabbling Author:Jackie DeShannon
“I'm not the kind of writer that can wake up and say, "Okay, I'm gonna write a song today," and have that song be the kind I would want to record. The songs of mine that I end up liking are songs that come from real experience. They're like chapter titles in my life.” WantWritingKindRealEndsTodaySongRecordsMinesOkayWake UpTitlesChapters Author:Lyle Lovett
“Andy Wiliams' smooth voice and casual style turned the songs he sang into timeless classics and made him one of America's top pop singers. ... The entertainment industry has lost a giant piece of its living history today, but Williams' legacy will forever be enshrined in the annals of music and television.” MadeTodayAmericaSongLostVoiceForeverPiecesStyleTelevisionIndustryEntertainmentPopsSingersLegacyGiantsSmoothTimelessCasualEntertainment Industry Author:Neil Portnow
“New York Times v. Sullivan was about the suppression of speech in the South [during the 1960s]. Today's version of suppression is just another verse of the same song.” TodaySongNew YorkSpeechSouthVersionsVersesFreedom Of Speech1960sNew York TimesSuppression Author:Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.
“George Jones has been a major part of my personal and professional life for a long time. I have been inspired by his music for the last 50 years and for 42 of those, I had the pleasure of knowing him personally and professionally. He was IT to me. George was and will always be my guy. I am luckier than a lot of people on this Earth because God let me be a part of George's life and him a part of mine. And on this day, his song couldn't be more true: 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'” PeopleYearsLongHas BeensTodayEarthLastsGuySongPleasureKnowingMinesMajorsLong TimeLet MeInspiredThis DayProfessional LifeGeorge JonesPersonal And Professional Life Author:Sammy Kershaw
“Knowledge is still power -- but today you've got to make sure you know more about your listener than their favorite song.” KnowsStillsTodaySongListenersFavorite Song Author:Bob Walker
“People talk about Frank Sinatra all the time - and they should talk about Frank - but he had the greatest arrangers. They worked for him in a different kind of way than they worked for other people. They gave him arrangements that are just sublime on every level. And he, of course, could match that because he had this ability to get inside of the song in a sort of a conversational way. Frank sang to you, not at you, like so many pop singers today. Even singers of standards.” PeopleWayShouldKindDifferentTodaySongCoursesAbilityLevelsStandardsPopsSingersDifferent KindsFrankArrangementsSublime Author:Bob Dylan
“Being singer is different than being an actor, where you call up sources from your own experience that you can apply to whatever Shakespeare drama you're in. But an actor is pretending to be somebody, a singer isn't. And that's the difference. Singers today have to sing songs where there's very little emotion involved. That and the fact that they have to sing hit records from years gone by doesn't leave a lot of room for any kind of intelligent creativity.” YearsKindLittlesDifferentFactsTodaySongActorsDifferencesRoomsEmotionCreativityGoneRecordsSourceInvolvedDramaIntelligentSingersPretendingYears Gone By Author:Bob Dylan
“What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones... You can remember every line to their songs. But today, how often do you remember any of the lines to songs? I mean, I know that one of the Lily Allen's last albums is called It's Not Me, It's You. But I don't know how the songs go.” KnowsMeanTodayLastsRememberSongLinesKnow HowMusic IsStonesAlbumsRollingLiliesRolling Stones Author:Karl Lagerfeld