Songs Quotes
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I was writing songs because I needed them, songs about trusting God in difficult circumstances.
Matt Hammitt Sanctus Real -
Our image, if we have one, has been shaped only by me, Tom and Richard and the songs we write.
Tim Rice-Oxley Keane
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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.
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Motörhead -
I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great band; awesome harmony; great song writers; I just don't know anything besides, I guess, the popular songs on the radio.
Phil Anselmo Pantera -
My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.
Freddie Mercury Queen -
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...
Mick Taylor The Rolling Stones -
It was more about getting together with other musicians and playing live. I needed to suss out a full set for the Last Summer tour, and I didn't want to play Fiery Furnaces material. So half of our set was new songs that we ended up recording for this album. And that made such a huge difference - going into the studio after playing a song for two years, knowing it inside-out and having sung it millions of times, and then recording it is a totally satisfying experience. You're suddenly in this controlled environment and you can make it sound exactly as you've been imagining it.
Eleanor Friedberger -
That's just a part of your soul. I couldn't be complacent about that no matter how much I wanted to. Sometimes thinking I have to write songs for an album feels like I have to study for an exam. Then as soon as I start writing I remember how much I love the process. We both do.
Leon Eric Brooks III Brooks & Dunn
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I don't write about anything I don't want to write about. I like to think I could write about anything pretty much that I chose to. I have been asked to write songs about specific things, and I've always been able to come up with the goods.
Loudon Wainwright III -
Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.
Tim Finn Crowded House -
'Free Bird' is timeless, 'Sweet Home' is timeless. They're just timeless songs.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
The most personal track would have to be 'Love The Way We Used To.' It's one of the songs that I listen to outside of all the records that I wrote.
Estelle -
Once, when I got some of the songs back from him, it was around Christmas time, and it was the best Christmas present I could have wished for -- really, really exciting.
Isobel Campbell Belle and Sebastian -
When songs make me wanna throw up, it makes me ashamed to even be in the same genre as those songs.
Zac Brown Band
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I think when you're writing songs, it's impossible to not draw on personal experiences, whether it be traveling or girls, or anything.
Harry Styles One Direction -
It's going to be an external player, I'm not joking, five songs, and its hopefully going to be out in April.
Andy Nicholson Arctic Monkeys -
I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be performed. I think about what it's going to be like to sing them on stage rather than what it's going to be like to have someone at home listening to them on a CD. I guess in that way there's a connection between my acting experience and the songwriting and the way the songs are written.
Loudon Wainwright III -
We're pretty much taking all the songs that have worked the best in the past and we're using those and all of the new songs. In the short time that we've got to play them, we're trying to use what ones work the best.
Nikolai Fraiture The Strokes -
I think Badfinger was the epitome of that type of music before the power pop term was coined. 'No Matter What" is always gonna be a great song on the radio. There?s probably two or three others off their records that are as cool like 'Day After Day'.
Robin Zander Cheap Trick -
I like lots of songs, and I find it quite interesting to do [cover songs] from time to time. My first solo hit was in 1973, the Dylan song “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.”
Bryan Ferry Roxy Music
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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.
Lil Dicky -
People get a real kick out of hearing our songs with an orchestra. It makes you feel like you're in a movie with unexpected bursts of energy. It's really kind of psychedelic in a way.
Cynthia Leigh Wilson The B-52s -
I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.
Scott Ian Anthrax -
My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title before I've written the song.
Bernie Taupin