Songs Quotes
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The thing about Depeche songs is that they’re so descriptive. For me, they tell some kind of story about a character who’s trying to redeem himself or to find something to believe in-some kind of faith or hope.
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With Kevin Drew, as I said, in his own way just told me "You gotta find that person that talks to you in your songs." I think we succeeded. I feel relief, to be quite honest with you.
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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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Let there be songs to fill the air.
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I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.
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All my songs mean something to me.
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With our first record, we wrote concept songs but not a concept record.
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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'm really happy with the way the band's chemistry is flowing right now. We have a bunch of new songs. We wanted to share our studio experience with our fans.
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When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.
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Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it to warm up a lot.
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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 remember actually learning chords to Beatles songs. I thought they were great songwriters.
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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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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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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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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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Andrew Ridgeley and I had demoed a couple of our songs very cheaply, and we weren't expecting any kind of record deal. We just walked around with our demo tape, trying to find someone to give us the money to demo properly. Instead of that, we got a record contract. It was just an incredibly lucky break.
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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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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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The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.
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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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I write lyrics everyday as I go. I'm always taking notes in my phone whenever I am inspired by something. Most of my writing starts out as poetry before I put it into songs.
