Steve Porcaro (Steven Maxwell Porcaro) Quotes
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'Make You Miss Me' is an important song to me. Having it go No. 1 as the fifth single off of my first record is the cherry on top of a chapter in my life I'll never forget.
Sam Hunt -
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.
Becky G -
I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.
Becky G -
When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career.
Kat Edmonson -
I think sometimes you are born with a song.
Nana Mouskouri -
I decided a handful of years ago that I just want to write songs that you can understand as soon as you put the record on. There’s no need to veil what’s happening in the song the way I used to. My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.
Ben Gibbard Death Cab for Cutie
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When I picked up guitar, it wasn't like, 'OK, I'm going to be Kenny Chesney.' It was like, 'I want to play a chord,' and then it was like, 'I want to play another one, then play a song, then sing while playing the song.'
Luke Combs -
I've always had a teenage thread running through my music. On my first album, I had a song called 'Confessions of a Teenage Girl.' It's about using your feminine wealth to get what you want.
Bonnie McKee -
A song has to become as much a part of you as a tailored suit.
Martha Reeves -
My audience is a huge part of my success, so I see us as a team. They send me tons of song requests every day. Some of the songs I've never heard before, but I listen to them and then pick the ones that I love.
Lindsey Stirling -
The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.
Claudia Gray -
It's good to let go of control. That's probably something all artists and song writers will say at some point.
Jens Lekman
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Certain social situations make me feel like a square peg in a round hole. Realising you can connect to the human race through song makes me feel less alien.
Lindi Ortega -
Usually, the song will tell me who it belongs to. It seems clear to me who would do a good job with it, who it suits.
Sia LSD -
As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what's going on around me in the song and the arrangement.
Daryl Franklin Hohl -
When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I write. It's the same process since I started writing in my twenties. I like to come in and leave with a finished song.
Lisa Marie Presley -
I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.
Jennifer Hudson -
When you raise your voice in song to express what's going on deep inside of you, I think people just react to that because it's so truthful. It's so raw.
Jane Lynch
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I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.
Gabrielle Giffords -
I never understood music. It seemed to me to be the maximum amount of noise conveying the minimum amount of information.
Quentin Crisp -
I'm enjoying playing football, and as a footballer, that's what you want to do, and that is exactly what I've been doing.
Ashley Young -
There was this whole middle time that only Chris Rock came out of, you know, 10 years ago it was Chris and a few other people, but that's about it. Chris is in a class of his own; I don't see another comedian who I put in high regard as him.
Bob Saget -
Beer is not a good cocktail-party drink, especially in a home where you don't know where the bathroom is.
Billy Carter -
There's songs like 'Africa' that just have kind of become part of pop culture.
Steve Porcaro