Bryan Ferry Quotes
I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the Dylan song “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.”
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
Yiannis Chryssomallis
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
Adam Jones
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I wrote poetry before I wrote songs, and T.S. Eliot was my inspiration. I love his honesty and try to bring that to my own songwriting.
Gabrielle Aplin
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
Yuna
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
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I love writing songs.
Sade Adu
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I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
Iris DeMent
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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
Nana Mouskouri
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A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.
Taylor Swift
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
Patrick MacGill
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I don't have many easy songs.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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The songs I love to sing are story songs, from Yiddish songs to Tom Waits.
Mandy Patinkin
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Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix.
Taryn Manning Boomkat
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My biggest advice for girls – and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger – is to have thick skin. It's something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs.
Kate Voegele
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A lot of my solo albums were produced by different people who had their idea of what songs I should do, and they had me doing a lot of ballads.
Aaron Neville
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I'm a lover of songs.
Vince Clarke Depeche Mode
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Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.
Nancy Sinatra
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My pump-up songs before I compete are not the usual. They're more girly songs. I love 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus. It's about the journey and savoring every moment. I have 'The World's Greatest' by R. Kelly on my playlist, too.
Kacy Catanzaro
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People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some money and pay the rent.
Amanda Shires
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Aristocracy is always cruel.
Wendell Phillips
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Many bands that I like that have longevity on their side with consistent members are even splits. It makes a big difference to have the other two guys involved every step of the way. It keeps the thing moving. Everyone is taken with equal degree of seriousness. It's not just because it's a four-way partnership. It also relates to taking things maturely and taking other people's thoughts into consideration.
Alex Chilton Big Star
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I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the Dylan song “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.”
Bryan Ferry Roxy Music