Song Quotes
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I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
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But when you think: Tim McGraw,I hope you think my favorite song.The one we danced to all night long:The moon like a spotlight on the lake.When you think happiness,I hope you think: 'That little black dress.'Think of my head on your chest,An' my old faded blue jeans.When you think Tim McGraw,I hope you think of me.
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'Something Good' is a feel-good song. A reminder that you're dope and have something wonderful to offer life and yourself and the world.
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I'm not afraid to use my personal experiences and put them into a song. I think that's when you get the best stuff anyway, when it's real emotion.
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The song tells me what to play.
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When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the beginning of our career and with every song we're thinking, 'This is what's creating us.' Now, nothing is creating us. We're well-created. We're there. It becomes just pure pleasure and you become sort of an archeologist of your own music. You don't judge it, because what's the point? It's a 30-year-old song. It just becomes fun.
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The theme song of 'Doug' was my ringtone once for literally a year.
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If it is a good song, it is a good song. The Beatles were pop, the beach boys were pop and it's the best music of all time.
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I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something.
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In a world where like everyone's so accessible now, to say something new in an article that you can't find out about a n--- through his Twitter or like Googling him or some s--- is rare. Just like how a good song is rare.
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The world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with.
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The same song on a different day was a different song.
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I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room for it. It's like a puzzle. Every song can be written a million times. How can you say it differently?
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I'm not a trained musician or singer, but I can turn out a song.
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The people who talk on the edgier 'Song Exploder' have often made their entire record on their desktop. It's never been easier to compete, but it's never been harder to win, either.
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I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.
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Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it.
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I feel like I have some stuff that matches 'Fight Song,' not in necessarily the message exactly but in the emotion and honesty.
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When I make a song, I'm really happy. It's an indescribable feeling.
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It'll sometimes hit me in the middle of a song, like, who do I think I am standing up here...playing.
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You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for that song that's being traded back and forth among millions of people on the Internet, you have to think like a businessperson.
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There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.
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'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.
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I think the biggest way of connecting with people is through your music and kind of saying what you want to say as an artist. And hopefully, you're making something that someone's going to be like, 'This is my favorite song.' That's always your goal, I think, anybody in any genre.
