“Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.” WritingSeemsSongTroubleWriting Songs Author:Marian McPartland
“I'm not trouble at all. I'm just a guy trying to get a girl to give him the time of day. I'm like every song on the radio.” GivingTryingGuySongGirlTroubleRadioTime Of DayGet A Girl Author:Hailey Abbott
“If you told me to write a love song tonight, I'd have a lot of trouble. But if you tell me to write a love song about a girl with a red dress who goes into a bar and is on her fifth martini and is falling off her chair, that's a lot easier, and it makes me free to say anything I want.” IfsWantWritingSongFallGirlTroubleEasierRedDressesBarsChairsTonightSay AnythingFifthMartiniFalling Off Author:Stephen Sondheim
“He [Johnny Cash] always wanted to use his music to lift other people up, to say no matter how much trouble, there's hope. That was always his message in his songs. That's why he and [Bob] Dylan bonded so much, because they were both trying to do something meaningful.” PeopleTryingMatterUseWantedSongTroubleMessagesMeaningfulLiftsCashBobDylan Author:Robert Hilburn
“Safe Harbor is a state of mind... its the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song.” MindStatesRealitySongChurchPrayerWorryTroubleSafeGardenMetaphorBeachState Of MindHarborsTimes Of TroubleSafe Harbor Author:Luanne Rice
“A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his conscience provided, of course, that he possesses one. As a performing artist, he will pride himself on timing and other techniques designed to keep the audience in his control ... his respect for genuine folklore reminds him that these changes, and these techniques, may give the audience a false picture of folk music.” GivingMayArtistSongCoursesKnownAudienceTroublePrideConscienceBoundsFolksTechniqueSingersGenuinePerformingTimingEntertainersFolkloreFolk MusicPerforming ArtsFolk SongsPerforming Artist Author:Sam Hinton
“The whole trouble with a folk song is that once you have played it through there is nothing much you can do except play it over again and play it rather louder. Most Russian music, indeed, consists in ringing changes on this device, skilfully disguised though the fact may be.” MayPlayWholeFactsSongCan DoTroubleFolksDevicesFolk Songs Author:Constant Lambert
“We're not just a band playing songs, we're a safe place to go forget your troubles.” SongForgetTroubleBandSafeForget YouPlaces To GoSafe Places Author:Jaime Preciado
“I never sing a song more than twice because my fear of waning excitement for a piece is part of my troubles. I so rely on vibe, energy and emotions that the technical part occurs to me last.” LastsSongEnergyEmotionPiecesTroubleExcitementRely Author:Shelby Lynne