Songs Quotes
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I was writing songs because I needed them, songs about trusting God in difficult circumstances.
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It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.
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You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money.
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I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap.
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I'm just so honored to be able to travel around the world and play songs.
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So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
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We're not shy about using that name to get people out to see us, but once they're there, we hook them in with Naked Beggars songs. But we do a few Cinderella songs.
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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I originally had the stupid idea of doing a record with only male artists that I wanted to call Playing With Balls. Then I had so many songs, not all of which sounded like big, balls-y songs so I changed my concept a little bit. However, I still want to do that album, but only with industrial, rock, and macho guys. I'll sing over all of it if they're not too scared to let me do that...grrrr.
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The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden, His harp shall be restrung, His halls shall echo golden To songs of yore re-sung. The woods shall wave on mountains. And grass beneath the sun; His wealth shall flow in fountains And the rivers golden run. The streams shall run in gladness, The lakes shall shine and burn, And sorrow fail and sadness At the Mountain-king’s return!
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It doesn't matter what songs we sing. I'm a drummer. Chicks dig me.
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I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.
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One day I'll wake up and I'll have 10 or 12 songs and think, 'Oh that sounds like it could be a record.
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I started out in the folk music world only because of the way my songs were written and performed, with just an acoustic guitar, but I always related to the rock n' roll lifestyle.
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It's not rubbish to say that I was a bit peeved about not getting credit for a couple of songs, but that wasn't the whole reason. I guess I just felt like I had enough. I decided to leave and start a group with Jack Bruce...
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Whenever I wrote songs - particularly back then - it would always be for a particular artist.
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When George Harrison died the guards at Buckingham Palace played a medley of George's songs during the changing of the guard; that sort of thing never happens.
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They The Beatles were the first band to write their own songs in Britain because we always just covered American songs before that.
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That’s why I hate to take credit for the songs I’ve written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it’s been done and I’m just a courier bringing it into the world.
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I want to explore and do things with excellence. I want to write songs that resonate with me and will resonate with a live audience. I'm exploring fresh sounds.
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Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars.
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I was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs. That was kind of my escape, you know, from the humdrum of the world.
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When I was 10, I would hear songs like "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis on the radio, and I want to make stuff that a 10 year old might hear coming out of the radio and think, "Yeah! I love this!"
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I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because she's so amazing.
