Scott Weiland Quotes
The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
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We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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A lot of my friends send me Snapchats of when they're in the club, and they're like, 'It's your song!'
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I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.
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I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.
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I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It's the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you.
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Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me to write a song is to visualise the story in my head, and I start humming a melody, and before you know it, a song is born.
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When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in my head and think of a visual of the song. If I can't think of a visual behind the song, I'll throw the song away.
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Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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I did a song in eight minutes. I thought everybody could write songs that fast. But working with a lot of them, they don't.
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It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud.
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What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.
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I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage.
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If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.
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I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.
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I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.
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No matter what, I will always hope for that day when I look around and can say, 'Oh yeah, I wrote a song that touched me emotionally the way that a song like 'She's Got A Way,' by Billy Joel did.'
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The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there's one in particular called 'This Train.' I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm.
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I think it's really hard to be joyful. I work hard at it. I always feel like it's a choice. You can be joyful or you can be depressed, and there just doesn't seem to be any future in depression.
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In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.
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Rather than writing about my experiences with other people, 'Ugly Cherries' is the first song I've ever written about myself. It's a confrontation: an attempt to unpack my own queerness with humor and self care.
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I watched the way they looked at each other. Any idiot could see they were in love, even if they were the only two idiots who couldn't.
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The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
