Song Quotes

It's actually harder to write a fun song.

Taryn Manning Boomkat
- Fun
- Song
- Write
There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories.

Mac Davis
- Black
- Morning
- Chance

I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there.

Mac Davis
- Up
- Kids
- Die
The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a bus, on a field trip. It was called 'Mystery Man,' and in retrospect, it was the beginning of my exploration of what it was like to have a man in your life, because I didn't.

Kat Edmonson
- Life
- Writing
- Remember
Everybody has their favorite sad songs. That's part of what I love so much about country music. Country music is never afraid to go with a sad song.

Chris Young
- Music
- Country
- Sad
Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.

Hal Sparks
- Song
- Words
- Influence
When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
- Song
- Kind
- Expectation
When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.'

Feist
- People
- Beautiful
- Song