“Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.” WantGivingKindIdeasStoriesUseCertainSongEssentialsInspiredMood Author:Wes Anderson
“I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I want to be part of everything.” ThinkingWantKindSongMusicianVictimAll KindsAggressiveRecreation Author:David Lee Roth
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“I'm interested in feedback and learning what people want. It's a tricky thing for me when I do a set list. You get bored doing the same songs. Let's say we do one ballad in two hours, and it's "Wild Horses." If you say, I'm tired of that, let's try something less well known, and then you're out there stumbling through this song you just relearned at sound check, and you realize people probably want "Wild Horses" instead of this. You do need to do some songs that aren't so well known. The question is how many? I'm open to people posting their requests.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsTryingWellsTwoSongSoundRealizingHoursKnownLaughingHorseTiredListsChecksBoredWell KnownFeedbackRequestTrickyI'm TiredStumblingBalladsWild Horses Author:Mick Jagger
“Every artist wants some sort of feedback, because you make this music and you hope people love it and you want to hear if they love it and what they love about it, what their favorite song is, what they think the next single should be. I like to hear those things.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldArtistSongNextFeedbackFavorite Song Author:John Legend
“If someone wants to say 'I love you' in a straight play, they say it, and then it's the other person's turn to talk. But in a song, you can sing about it for another three minutes. The musical form has that unique opportunity to express at length what joy really feels like.” IfsWantFeelsPersonsPlayFormJoySongTurnsThreeOpportunityMinutesLove YouUniqueMusicalLengthSay I Love YouUnique Opportunities Author:Marsha Norman
“I can have a song with Ariana Grande that is going to be the song for all the kids and the teen girls, and then another song that could be for a different group of people who all love the song. Im with whoever. Whatever type of people want to love the music and whatever they love about the music is fine with me.” PeopleWantI CanDifferentKidsSongGirlGroupsFineTypeMusic Is Author:Mac Miller
“It was writing about music for NPR - connecting with music fans and experiencing a sense of community - that made me want to write songs again. I began to feel I was in my head too much about music, too analytical.” WantFeelsWritingMadeSongCommunityToo MuchFansConnectingMusic FansNpr Author:Carrie Brownstein
“I base my track-listing and what songs I pick by what my fans expect from me and what they want and what I think they want.” ThinkingWantSongFansPicksTrack Author:Tyler Farr
“I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs.” WantLastsGuySongPianoChapters Author:Richard Marx
“Yoochun makes great songs..so I want to go fishing w/ him. That way I can be closer to him as well.” WayWantWellsI CanSongFishing Author:Junsu
“As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of poets: those who want to tell stories and sing songs, and those who want to work out the chemical equation for language and pass on their experiments as poetry.” WantKindArtI CanTwoStoriesPoetrySongLanguagePoetWork OutExperimentsChemicalsEquations Author:Simon Armitage
“I don't want to tell what the songs are about for me, because then people can't decide for themselves, which is why I write; it's for you to find your own meaning in. For me it's my story, for someone else it's theirs; if I tell exactly what it means, then it's only my story.” PeopleIfsWantWritingMeanStoriesSong Author:Brian Fallon
“There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.” PeopleWantWritingTwoPlayNightSongChallengesRecordsFiveMonthsRadioFantasticComposerSaturdaySaturday NightTwo Months Author:Robert Wyatt
“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
“The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me.” WantFeelsWritingSongFunCreativeFitFeel GoodProtectiveFun Things Author:Kelsea Ballerini
“I'm happy whenever anybody does my material. I don't care what they do with it. I do what I want to with other people's songs.” PeopleWantDoeCareSongMaterialsDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Mose Allison
“It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up and sing me some songs." We didn't want to sing but we sang.” WantCountryNightSongFatherDifferencesDrunkGet Up Author:George Jones
“The reason you write [songs] is because there's something you want to say that is important to you - enough to go through all the torture of writing.” WantWritingImportantCountryReasonEnoughSongTorture Author:Emmylou Harris
“Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be treated differently and there are songs that are like scared birds that you have to sneak up on over the course of months in the woods.” WayWantCharacterSongCoursesIndividualMonthsBirdTreatsScaredWoodsTreatedSneak Author:Tom Waits
“Music being “good or bad” is a flawed idea. Artists make what they want to make and we either connect with it or we don't. Just because we relate to some songs more than others doesn't make the others less valid, we just don't understand them. In fact, we aren't meant to, and that's all right.” WantIdeasFactsArtistSongMusic IsBe GoodRelateFlawed Author:Jacob Bannon
“As soon as you start to think of that thing that you want to convey or say, you can always just say it much better than you can actually rhyme it or stuff it into a song. It's very, very difficult to just kind of get your point across without going the back way. And you have to be good at that, to not think about things so hard. Let the pen take over, so that it's somebody else's job to dissect the lyrics and tell you what you're all about.” ThinkingWayWantKindHardJobsSongStuffDifficultBe GoodPensRhymeBetter Than You Author:Ariel Pink
“Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people to record it - but they'll all do it differently and they'll all have that option. Whereas with actors there might be one part, and five hundred actors all want the same role - it's so much more competitive. It's an incredibly painful profession because you get so much rejection.” PeopleWantMayDifferentMightSongActorsDifficultActingRolesRecordsFiveFourSingingHundredPainfulProfessionRejection Author:Olivia Newton-John
“I've never written a song that's hopeless. I'm not a hopeless person. I'm crazily optimistic. I crazily see the good in people. I crazily see the way out of a terrible situation. I crazily try to be the diplomat. If there are two warring factions in my life, I want them to agree to disagree at the very least.” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingPersonsTwoSongSituationWrittenTerribleAgreeOptimisticHopelessDisagreeFactionsDiplomatsAgree To Disagree Author:Michael Stipe
“Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It's a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand. And you can be anyone you want: you can be as grandiose as you want or you can be as down in the gutter as you want. It's just sort of whatever emotional freeway you're on at the time.” WantFormSongEmotionalChaosGuttersFreewaysGrandiose Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Like our title song “Clap”, I want to become a singer that receive the applause from all people.” PeopleWantSongSingersTitlesApplause Author:L.Joe
“I have a song I wrote called “Autobiography.” I came from a very intense living situation, with having a parent on drugs and not having a lot of money. So I always want to talk about the real things. But I think 90 percent of my music, I want it to be 'feel-good music'. I'm already recording tracks for my album, but when it comes time to actually say, 'this is the album,' I may be in a completely different space than I'm in right now.” ThinkingWantFeelsMayDifferentRealSongParentSpaceSituationRight NowDrugPercentTrackAlbumsIntenseFeel GoodLots Of MoneyAutobiographyReal Things Author:Nicki Minaj
“Lust is raw selfishness. It's all about my wants, my needs, my pleasure. Most love songs are actually lust songs.” WantNeedsSongPleasureLustSelfishnessSelfish Interest Author:Rick Warren
“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
“I crumple on my bed. For a second, i believed that what i wanted more than anything in the world had come true. For a second, i believed that my dad was back. but he isn't. He's gone again. he's really truly gone and i know it. i know i'll never see him again no matter how much i want to. The candle in me has blown out and i'm afraid, really, really afraid, because my biggest fear is true. i have to live my life without my dad, my running partner, the guy who taught me amnesty and sang john lennon songs really off key.” KnowsWorldWantMatterRunningWantedGuySongGoneTaughtKeysDadBedMy DadPartnersCandleLiving My LifeLennonAmnestyBiggest Fear Book:Need Source: Need
“You have to have a plan. Everything has to be planned. For me, I start with the title of my album, before I even start with the songs. I write down different things that I want album to say, and then the songs come from the different words.” WantWritingDifferentSongPlansAlbumsTitlesDifferent Things Author:Mary J. Blige
“The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I want most of my album to be in my voice, because it's my point of view.” WantTryingSongVoiceViewsFocusAlbumsPoint Of ViewPartnersDuets Author:John Legend
“I want to use songs that everybody knows or thinks they know. I want to show them a different side of it and open up that world in a more unique way. You have to believe what the words are saying and the words are as important as the melody. Unless you believe the song and have lived it, there's little sense in performing it. I never wanted to be a singer that” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWantBelieveLittlesImportantDifferentUseShowsWantedSongSidesUniqueSingersPerformingMelodyDifferent Sides Author:Bob Dylan
“You have to look at every one of your songs and be able to identify with them in a meaningful way. You can hardly sing your songs unless you're in them. If you want to fake it, go ahead. Fake it if you want. But I'm not that kind of singer.” IfsWayWantLooksKindAbleSongSingersMeaningfulFake Author:Bob Dylan
“When I want to party, I play Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love." That's always been the song that my friends and I get ready to; or before I go on a first date, I play it to feel sexy.” WantFeelsFirstsPlaySongPartyCrazyReadyGoes OnMy FriendsSexyFirst DateCrazy Love Author:Adele
“I'm not thinking about forcing my kids to watch my movies. It's always awkward when someone says: "Hey, I wrote a song, can I play it for you?" That would be the dynamic, if I was like: "Hey, you're my son, watch my work!" I don't want to put them in that awkward position. Just because when they get older, that's when I'm worried, that they'll judge me and say: "Yeah, my father's ******* Jack Black. He was in that cheesy movie." So, I'm going to keep it all high quality. It'll be a quality controller.” IfsThinkingWantPlayHandsWould BeKidsSongFatherBlackQualityWatchesPositionSonJudgingMouthsYeahHeyWorriedMy SonAwkwardCheesyHigh QualityHey YouJudge MeControllers Author:Jack Black
“I could write all songs all day long about what I think about the music industry or music in general. Sometimes I gotta be like, "Let's write about something else." You don't want to say the same thing over and over again. In a lot of ways, I look at records as a year or two of my life encapsulated in songs. They're almost like journal entries.” ThinkingWayWantWritingYearsLooksLongTwoSometimesSongRecordsIndustryJournalMusic IndustryEntry Author:Laura Jane Grace
“I don't work so hard at trying to get every song to be three-dimensional and mean so much. I just want to breathe, right now, with the music.” WantTryingMeanHardSongThreeRight NowBreathe Author:Eddie Vedder
“If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them. We go to countries like Germany, where I can't imagine that all of my fans are engaging with the lyrics first and foremost. I think they're catching a vibe, a feeling. I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back and telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsI CanCountryPlayFeelingsSongStuffImagineFansFineSittingGladGermanyImagine ThatEngagingCatchingLyricists Author:John Darnielle
“The songs themselves sometimes have messages and people can read into them different ways, but I try to use concerts as a way to gather people and then have information there. I think that's important to find that balance, a way to be able to turn people on to things at the shows, but also just have it be an entertainment experience for people who just want to hear music and dance and don't want the extra stuff.” PeopleThinkingWayWantTryingImportantDifferentSometimesUseShowsAbleSongTurnsStuffInformationBalanceMessagesEntertainmentDifferent WaysExtrasConcertsMusic And Dance Author:Jack Johnson
“I watch videos on YouTube of bands that I've heard of that I want to check out. And sometimes I don't even finish the video. And that's really sad, because maybe I'd like that song. I think that we don't give stuff a chance to really sink in.” ThinkingWantGivingSometimesSongStuffChanceWatchesHeardBandChecksVideoYoutubeReally Sad Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I think that people want to go to the movies and watch shows on TV or in theaters that make them feel good and music really does that. Not only can you watch something and connect to dialogue, but when you listen to a song, it gives a whole other element of connection and you get that feeling like you want to stand up and dance and sing.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsDoeWholeShowsFeelingsSongWatchesTvsLike YouElementsConnectionsTheaterDialogueFeel Good Author:Brittany Snow
“I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you want to do it and see if you really feel the song, because sometimes you might not even like the song after a few listens.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsLittlesSometimesMightArtistSongBitsLittle BitPicksTrackRelease Author:Schoolboy Q
“If someone asked me if I could have anything in the world, what would l want? If l could own anything, like owning a piece of art, l think it would be Elton John's publishing, on his first seven albums. I don't want the money. Being able to own those songs Is like owning a painting of someone you admire.” IfsThinkingWorldWantFirstsArtWould BeAbleSongPiecesPaintingSevenAlbumsAdmireIf I CouldPublishing Author:Axl Rose
“When I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to.” WantWritingTryingSongFansCome Up Author:Matt Smith
“To reach the highest level you have to not just have a dream and focus but you also have to make sure you are writing great songs, and if you feel they're what you want to represent you, that is key. But getting out on the road is key. And get your music out there. Maybe something catches, maybe it gets picked up and used on television, you just never know.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsWritingDreamUsedSongLevelsFocusTelevisionKeysHighestWhat You Want Author:Joan Jett
“I always try to write a song to work things out with myself and I want to do it with a little punchline at the end, because I never want to remember anything bad in my life.” WantWritingTryingLittlesEndsRememberSongPunchlines Author:Amy Winehouse
“Every time I try to write a song, when I sit down and think I'm going to write, I really want to write a song, and it never works out. It's always when it hits me unexpectedly on a plane or right before I go to bed, something like that.” ThinkingWantWritingTryingSongBedDown AndWork OutPlanes Author:Bruno Mars
“I never took singing lessons. I guess, I feel comfortable with it, but I do not feel like a singer. I never want to sing without a guitar in my hand. I consider myself more of a songwriter, rather than a singer. I could never be in a wedding band and just sing Marvin Gaye songs.” WantFeelsHandsSongLessonsBandComfortableSingingGuitarSingersSongwritersMarvinWedding Band Author:Jack Johnson
“I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.” PeopleWantWritingSongToughThings To DoTough Things Author:Billie Joe Armstrong