Song Quotes

In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.

Ciara
- Time
- World
- Song
I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.

Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
- Up
- Time
- Writing

I think the Beatles is one band that, if I'm working on a song arrangement or if I have some idea for a song, and there's a little bit of a Beatles quality to it, I never avoid that. I always will steer into it.

Chris Cornell Soundgarden
- Song
- Band
- Quality
I'll know when a song's really awesome, for sure, and I get super stoked, and I'm so high when I'm hearing it back, but then you sit with the record forever. You're mixing it, and you can really just over-think everything.

Kurt Vile
- High
- Forever
- Awesome
How could I have kept out this incredible fiction? That's when it all started for me. I was, and still am, a HUGE Star Trek fan. "Songs Of The Ocean" is my tribute to this great story, and it's based on the Star Trek IV movie, the one in which they go back in time. [The Voyage Home ; It's the one where they bring a pair of whales to the future -ed.]

Arjen Anthony Lucassen Ayreon
- Home
- Ocean
- Incredibles
The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

Brian Wilson
- Life
- Writing
- Giving
I decided a handful of years ago that I just want to write songs that you can understand as soon as you put the record on. There’s no need to veil what’s happening in the song the way I used to. My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.

Ben Gibbard Death Cab for Cutie
- Song
It's never easy to write a song. It's the most difficult thing I do.

Sting The Police
- Song