Song Quotes
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When I was 9 years old, I really wanted to be in the show business. I really wanted to be an artist. I would grab a wooden spoon and I would start singing, even if it was for my uncles and my aunts. And I would just sing any lah-lah song.
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Much of my experience with language was formed in the church, which has an oral tradition. There are lots of repetitions in prayers and song refrains. There's a sense of incantation, that if you call not once and not twice but for a third time, the spirit appears.
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We're holding on to it. It's our ace in the hole. It's a pop song, but when you hear it, it makes you feel dirty. Everybody's going to love it.
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If you were to say to me that you needed a romantic and sentimental song in four hours, I would have that song written in four hours.
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Sweeter than any sungMy songs that found no tongue;Nobler than any factMy wish that failed of act.Others shall sing the song,Others shall right the wrong,-Finish what I begin,And all I fail of win.
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Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.
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If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'
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I don't play any instruments. I don't produce. I don't know which keys or chords I am using, so, in essence, I need the band and the production team - otherwise, I am just some guy with a hat and a song.
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I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.
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Video games are so popular these days, getting the opportunity to star in one is something special. More people should do it.
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When I'm singing a song, I picture somebody in particular. A lot of it is to a guy.
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We want to pull out songs from the American song book, and we want to make them palatable for a modern audience.
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Sometimes, you try something, and it works in terms of success. That doesn't mean you like what is a hit. Sometimes you like the most obscure song on your album.
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We spent a year trying to play one song, practising about four hours a week. Then we decided that if we really wanted to learn this song, we'd have to practice two days a week.
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My favorite song is 'No Air,' a duet I did with Chris Brown. I don't want to sound weird or anything, but I listen to it a lot - it's always on my iPod!
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We proved to the world that a completely Spanish song can take over the world.
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There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.
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All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They were written from the heart.
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My first song, 'Just Becuz,' was co-written by the awesome Baby Bash.
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I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Yeah, that was a good song. My theme song. But really I thought it was everybody’s theme song.
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I tended not to be concerned about whether a song was going to be a hit when I wrote it. Because it became evident that none of us knew what was a hit and what wasn't. So I thought if I just write what I like, why shouldn't people like what I like?
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I don't think you can cover a song unless you love it and have a relationship with it. With 'Golden Heart' I felt a sense of responsibility. And when we were recording it in the studio, it felt almost dream-like. Something you might hear if you were in Senegal, with someone singing from the mosque in the morning just as the sun's coming up.
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I enjoy making music alone, and I like keeping my options open for how I release my own songs.
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The only song that I've ever played on when I was not allowed to hear the backing track. 'Just make whooping oodle noises for three minutes', was the cry from the control room. 'Bastards', I thought at the time.
