Song Quotes
-
Whenever I'm really excited about a song, I want to learn it, and it becomes the first thing I play every time I pick up an instrument.
-
I'm spiritual, too, but 'Gitty Up' is a great song, know what I mean?
-
Sing a song correctly and you live forever.
-
I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous.
-
Anything is food for starting a song. A song can start with a lyric idea or a melody or just a sound that inspires.
-
If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, 'That is out there.'
-
If I said in one of my songs that my English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high, all I'm saying, is that I'm not gay, you know? People confuse the lyrics for me speaking my mind. I don't agree with that lifestyle, but if that lifestyle is for you, then it's your business.
-
And you know, ... it is pretty much a rallying cry for everything we do. I mean, we may turn those guitars up -- and play hard and loud -- but in the end, we're all about taking country music and setting it on stun. That's what we do, and that's what this song is about.
-
A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them dream and pleasantly introduce them to the universe of love.
-
If it's a good song, it doesn't really matter if it's trendy or not. It will hit.
-
I got really hooked on this riff in the middle of this song called 'Minor Miracles' by my friend Eric Johnson from Fruit Bats. I got the tracks for that from him, and that turned into 'Here in Spirit.'
-
Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be true to yourself, true to your nature.
-
I don't know what singers feel like when they make a song and people clap along and love it, but when people walk up to me and say the food was outstanding, that's what it is all about. I cook because I like to make people happy.
-
I've always had an eclectic taste in music. But what I try to do is combine these things in ways that others would never think of, like putting Bun B on an Elton John song.
-
If we were to use the success of 'Need You Now' as the barometer for every other song, then we'll probably be highly disappointed. That song will probably undoubtedly be the biggest song of our career. We can hopefully have success for 20 years, but we may not ever have the success of that one particular song again.
-
What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
-
I love narrative videos, but sometimes I think they can limit a listener's experience of a song.
-
Most of the time when people work with an artist, they don't give them what they need for the future, they give them what their last album sounded like. So it's like, 'Oh, One Republic needs a song, why don't we send them 10 that sound like 'Apologize?'
-
The harp at Nature's advent strungHas never ceased to play;The song the stars of morning sungHas never died away.
-
Certain songs I feel different people should be on different tracks, you know it's emotional. I put myself into characters for certain records.
-
There are still artists that do a great job with a song, and they care about the lyrics, and it's not just mindless drivel.
-
In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.
-
A band has a certain responsibility to work songs for years and stick to rules more. A solo artist can just do whatever they want, and also present themselves as somebody who's just singing about their life.
-
I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey's years.
