Song Quotes
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The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.
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I guess there are two things that make me like songs generally, of ours, and that is if they groove well, or if they have a jam that can go somewhere.
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When you're really bummed out, the last thing you want to hear is up-tempo and positive. And it lets you know that you're not alone, that somebody has hurt before. It works the same way with chick songs as it does with political songs. When you hear somebody singing about these things, you know that you're not alone, that somebody else is suspicious of what's going on around us in the world. So you don't feel like you're crazy, and you feel like you might be able to make a difference.
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I felt like there was a void in the marketplace in girl groups. Musically, there is something truly exciting about harmonies in one song. A group has more to offer.
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The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song.
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The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French.
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I've bought DBSK's CD and every time I listen to their songs I feel very good.
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I like kind of varied songs, not just the same song all the time. And I thought things like "Too Sentimental" is a different thing for us, but it works and we love the way they all came out. There's definitely varied songs on there.
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To really be tortured by a song, it needs to be more than just something you don't like or don't get; it has to make your skin crawl by getting under it. Strangely, that last clause could describe provocative or daring music, as well.
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The secret is not to think of the song as a cover. A great song is a great song and can be performed in a number of different ways. When we do someone else’s song, we probably loved the original but would never think of doing a version of that version. If you can’t change it enough to make it yours.
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Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.
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I think whatever an artist does, it just has to be quality and good. I think the way Kanye's doing what he's doing with the Auto-Tune is actually creative because he just writes good melodies. He just writes good songs. He's just gifted.
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Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.
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I'm not going to make a song just to make a song. The day that I make an album, it's so that people really know what Bad Bunny's about.
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If you wanna write a song, ask a guitar
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All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.
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My muse appears to me in a different form every time a new idea for a song is created. Sometimes I'm inspired by music or film, but more typically it's my surroundings that truly inspire me. Family, work, school, the city I live in, the books I read... All of these things inspire the creation of a song.
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Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.
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I learned early on that I could get a lot of attention by singing and writing little songs, so it was like throwing nuts to a monkey... I just couldn't get enough.
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When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
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I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.
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When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs.
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I never thought that I would have the No 1 song in the world.
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My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.
