John Lennon Quotes
I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in the charts - I watch 'Come Together' (the flip side) because that's my song.John Lennon The Beatles
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
Yiannis Chryssomallis -
Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
Adam Jones -
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 -
So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
I love writing songs.
Sade Adu -
I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
Victoria Justice
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times – but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
Jackson Browne -
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 -
With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
Nana Mouskouri -
I don't have many easy songs.
Sammy Davis, Jr. -
I'm a lover of songs.
Vince Clarke Depeche Mode -
Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.
Nancy Sinatra
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I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.
Paloma Faith -
We have always adapted ourselves to the songs instead of vice versa.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
We became the songs we wrote.
Barry Mann -
I have two favorite songs. My first is called 'Dance of The Robe' and it's a very powerful number where she is feeling the pressure from her people to take on the responsibility of leading them.
Deborah Cox -
It's so amazing to hear a crowd of people singing one of your songs. It's the best feeling.
Liam Payne One Direction -
I first knew Laurie Lewis by her considerable reputation as a fiddle player and a writer of songs. When an opportunity came along to sing with her I seized it. Getting to know her as a singer and a person has been pure pleasure. Her voice is a rare combination of grit and grace, strength and delicacy. Her stories are always true.
Linda Ronstadt
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Jerry Cantrell told me this: 'You've gotta live life before you can write songs about it.' ...We've been on the road for a year and a half, two years straight. We gotta live normal life and experience normal life for a little while. So, that's what we've been doing for the last eight months.
Mike Inez Black Label Society -
I don't really know where the songs are coming from often. Many of the best things I made up were just off the top of my head.
Stephen Malkmus Pavement -
There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
Dale Dauten -
The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.
Tayari Jones -
The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and who, by holding out vague promises of future peace or by instilling fear of foreign aggression, try to make us accomplices to their plans.
Hermann Hesse -
I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in the charts - I watch 'Come Together' (the flip side) because that's my song.
John Lennon The Beatles