Song Quotes
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I know when I've written a good song when I can imagine the video. If I can't imagine the video straight away, I'm not gonna put it on my album.
Charli XCX
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People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.
Janelle Monae
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The friends that have it I do wrong Whenever I remake a song, Should know what issue is at stake: It is myself that I remake.
William Butler Yeats
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My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about this.' But love and heartbreak are some of the most abstract subjects.
Jens Lekman
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Music makes my blood flow. I don't know anyone who doesn't have a favorite song. I just want to be the messenger.
Brandon Flowers The Killers
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With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've said everything in the song. And either I can't go back to what it was because it's changing when I play it, or I still haven't figured out what the song is about.
Agnes Obel
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It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.
Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
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I still enjoy having my own idea about what a song means. I don't know if I'd have liked having videos on TV when I was growing up. I always found my own mental images to be very strong and appealing. I hope that we're not limiting the imaginations of the fans out there.
Steve Clark Def Leppard
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The autumn comes, a maiden fair In slenderness and grace, With nodding rice-stems in her hair And lilies in her face. In flowers of grasses she is clad; And as she moves along, Birds greet her with their cooing glad Like bracelets' tinkling song.
Kalidasa
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Every time we buy a CD or download a song, the artist is paid for their work. You might not know that this isn't the case when a musician's work is played on the radio.
Dionne Warwick
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There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as an actor, but listening to other people's music and watching other actors. There are so many different songs that have moved me. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in at that moment.
Janet Jackson
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Will You help me hear the song You're singing over all this noise?
Steven Curtis Chapman
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At some point, I went to the studio and nothing happened. It can be really depressing to sit there and wait for the inspiration that doesn't come. I had to start recording rough song ideas before going to the studio. I did that at home whenever I had a good idea.
Sascha Ring
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'You'll Accomp'ny Me' is a song I've always really cherished. The guy in that song is just so courageous. He's saying this to the girl, 'I know you've got to go do your thing, but eventually, we'll be together. I feel that strong, and I know it in my soul.' And there's something really cool about that.
Frankie Ballard
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You have a song, and people know it. It's like a calling card for you.
Steve Forbert
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You're a song written by the hands of God.
Shakira
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When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.
James Edward Olliges Jr.
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I think there’s no greater joy than completing a song out of thin air. It’s like inventing something, but it’s invisible, you know? It’s weird. It amazes me. You can send it out in the world, and that’s the joy. It’s like giving birth to all these songs and letting them go like they’re your kids.
Jason Mraz
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The six types of song that have shaped human nature-friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion, and love songs-I've come to think are obvious...
Daniel Levitin
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Our song is the slamming screen door,Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window.When we're on the phone and you talk real slow'Cause it's late and your mama don't know.Our song is the way you laugh,The first date 'man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have.'And when I got home, before I said amenAsking God if he could play it again.
Taylor Swift
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It's better to find a composition through an instrument and to play it and record it because you have something. It's a composition, and the song is good. It lives as a song. The worst is when you have a song and nothing is working well when you produce it. It's not like what you expect in your imagination. It's the worst because it requires a lot of work.
Nicolas Godin Air
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Even I would be unhappy if the final track did not sound good to me, which is why I stay in the loop with the music team till the song is ready.
Armaan Malik
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Writing a song is a long road. Or it can be.
Dean Wareham
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Every song on '10 Day' is a completely different sound - the cadence, the flow, even the production - because I like so many different types of music and because my taste is so refined. 'Acid Rap' is another tape where every song sounds different.
Chance The Rapper