“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I feel like I always had an ear. I have the ability and the gift to hear a song and really play it in a matter of five to 10 minutes and make my own version out of it. So it's always been easy playing by ear.” FeelsMatterPlaySongEasyMy OwnAbilityFiveMinutesEarsVersions Author:Jeremih
“My favourite song is Someone To Love. That is more like me than the other stuff, as it was the only one I was actually able to create from the bottom up. I call it an homage, not a remake. It is an homage to Freddie Mercury, because I don't think people can really remake Freddie Mercury. That's why we did a gospel version.” PeopleThinkingAbleSongStuffBottomLike MeVersionsFavouriteHomageRemakesMercuryFavourite Songs Author:Brittany Murphy
“Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite honest and open, they can be very revealing. But covers, I don't have to think about, just get me up there!” ThinkingPlayUsedSongCausesHonestScaryVersionsRevealingForte Author:Ellie Goulding
“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.
“I went on iTunes and looked at versions of Christmas songs. Everyone has done them!” DoneSongVersionsItunesChristmas Song Author:Vince Clarke
“A record is something that isn't real or true. It's like cinema. It's a construction of something hyper-real and surreal and unreal all at the same time. You make a space that doesn't really exist. One of the big joys of being in this line of work is building the recorded versions of the songs.” RealBigsJoySongLinesSpaceRecordsBuildingVersionsCinemaConstructionSurrealUnrealHyper Author:Will Oldham
“Everybody tends to overplay live. That's just the nature of playing live. And that can be great, but it can also kill something that's special, and intimate, about a recorded version of a song. You find out very quickly which songs you can play, and which songs you do damage to by playing them live.” PlaySongSpecialVersionsIntimateDamage Author:Nick Cave
“You travel the world, you go see different things. I like to see Shakespeare plays, so I'll go - I mean, even if it's in a different language. I don't care, I just like Shakespeare, you know. I've seen Othello and Hamlet and Merchant of Venice over the years, and some versions are better than others. Way better. It's like hearing a bad version of a song. But then somewhere else, somebody has a great version.” IfsKnowsWorldWayYearsMeanDifferentPlayCareSongLanguageDon't CareHearingVersionsI Don't CareDifferent ThingsSomewhere ElseVeniceMerchantsTravel The WorldDifferent LanguagesMerchant Of VeniceShakespeare Play Author:Bob Dylan