Neil Diamond Quotes
All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the rhythmic changes there are.Neil Diamond
Quotes to Explore
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The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.
Talcott Parsons -
When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
Madi Diaz -
When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
Taylor Swift -
I wouldn't want to cover a Hank Williams song in a country-western way. It doesn't occur to me instinctually to re-create productions. I'm interested in re-creating songs. Putting different clothes on them.
M. Ward -
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
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'Paper Planes' was an accident. It wasn't a song we made for the masses. It took two years to get popular, and there were many fights about censoring the gunshot sounds.
M.I.A. -
Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on and, like a sneeze; I wait for it until it comes.
Kat Edmonson -
We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
Nazanin Boniadi -
My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.
Kate Micucci -
Cyber terrorists are no different from other terrorists: No matter where they hide, we will track them down and seek to bring them to the United States to face justice.
Dana Boente -
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Abraham Lincoln
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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
Flannery O'Connor -
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
Barry White -
When I see things that are inspiring, I must write a song about it. Some people make a t-shirt or slap something on a wall with paint, but I must make music and freestyle rap.
Flula Borg -
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.
Young Thug -
Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.
Valerie Simpson -
Honestly, are we ever going to get over 'California Girls' by Katy Perry? I know it's old, but that song - I love that song!
Becky G
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I make a lot of money off featuring, doing songs with up-and-coming artists. I can charge someone $10,000 to $15,000 to do one song.
Dimitri Leslie Roger -
Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.
Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D. -
I try cars; I try them all. Cars need to be sexy, because we're not talking about biscuits here.
Lapo Elkann -
All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the rhythmic changes there are.
Neil Diamond