“When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.” ThinkingWritingTryingSometimesCharacterSongTermCreatingThemeVisualsTransfersSoundtracksCreating Characters Author:Marisha Pessl
“I think songs and visuals are so evocative of each other.” ThinkingSongVisuals Author:Aleksa Palladino
“Two things I'm obsessed with are the countryside and fields and being in the open space and body parts, so you'll hear me mentioning body parts and human anatomy. I've listened to my songs and I think I am quite visual and I talk about bones and flesh a lot.” ThinkingHumansTwoBodySongSpaceFieldsBonesFleshObsessedVisualsTwo ThingsCountrysideAnatomyOpen Spaces Author:Ellie Goulding
“I hate not understanding the words, because it kind of squashes the song. It shrinks the visual landscape that you've made for the sounds. And, all of a sudden, the content eclipses things.” KindMadeHateSongUnderstandingSoundI HateLandscapeVisualsShrinksEclipseSquash Author:Ariel Pink
“For me, as a music fan, visuals kind of steal away the purity of the song. My instinct is not to provide a visual to go with a piece of music. But here's MTV. It's really powerful.” KindSongPowerfulPiecesFansInstinctStealingPurityVisualsMtvReally PowerfulMusic Fans Author:Michael Stipe
“I try to think of the songs as little movies. They're always pretty visual to me. I can always sort of see them. I don't always know what the end result is going to be, and I don't know exactly what it's going to sound like, but I can kinda see them.” ThinkingKnowsTryingLittlesI CanEndsSongSoundResultsVisualsEnd Results Author:Neko Case
“We are a band that stylistically crosses a lot of barriers and generational gaps. The heavier portion of the band, the modern music elements, the visual part of the band appeal to a younger audience. For an older audience, we have chops and great songs that are reminiscent of the things that were great about rock and roll when they enjoyed it. We're the kind of band that can cross those lines.” KindSongLinesAudienceModernRocksBandElementsCrossesEnjoyedAppealsVisualsBarriersGapsPortionsRock And RollModern Music Author:Andy Biersack
“Sometimes you're writing a song and you have an image whilst writing a song. I don't think you ever base a songwriting process around a video, but when you're writing a song sometimes it'll be a very visual song.” ThinkingWritingSometimesSongProcessVideoVisualsSongwritingWriting Process Author:Luke Hemmings