Songs Quotes
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I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?
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When I did get signed and I was going around letting people know what I was about, that's exactly how I did it: me on the piano, playing a couple of songs I'd written and talking to the people in between. That's how I got my performance chops up.
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I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men.
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I don't get into the favorite songs thing, because so many speak to different parts of my life, but the music in the '90s is just unbeatable.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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It wasn’t verbal learning lessons… it was harnessing the broad strokes of the songs.
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The mixture of electronics and guitars was a positive thing that made the songs stay with people.
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I've never had trouble finding inspiration for new songs, no matter what I'm doing.
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I'd sell one of my songs for any car commercial in the world that paid enough money. But to stay in the Top Ten for weeks on end when I'm in my forties by letting Glen Ballard write songs for me? F**k that.
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I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box set that have different lyrics from what ended up on the final recording.
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Bob Marley songs are my songs. These are the songs that have been passed on to me. Let me say, I wear my family crest, and I represent my family to the fullest.
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The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, 'What's wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?' Obviously, it's not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that.
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My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.
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A lot of the songs on the new album are about imaginary things, things that you can't touch - ghosts and rumors, my dead grandmother, things visiting you in a dream.
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I was a late-bloomer. For so long I was too focused on running Wolf World to sign up to play a few songs, raise a few dollars.
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There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach.
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I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.
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I think you’re hard pressed to find another group that had as many facets to them as we did, and going through the songs now there’s an unlimited variety of everything from quasi showtunes to fake speed metal. God almighty, what were we trying to prove?
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Love has sold more songs than you've had hot dinners.
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I wasn't personally that familiar with the Classic Rock bands. That is where Jorn Viggo came in: he played me tons of that stuff - Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, plus a lot of bands with cool songs, riffs, vocals, etc. We really listened to tons of music.
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I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
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I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write a story. I can see ideas spark in me.
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When I do my solo concerts, I'm used to being on the stage for two hours solid, singing 16 songs. And when I did 'Funny Thing,' I was on the stage the whole time. This is much more difficult. It's the difference between racing and sprinting. This is sprinting. And I have to learn to pace myself.
