Song Quotes
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There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years. Rock musicians over 30 only produce unimportant material.
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
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I’m a geek, I’m a geek, I’m a power tool. When I sing this song, I look like a fool.
Brett Kavanaugh
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If it's a good song, it doesn't really matter if it's trendy or not. It will hit.
Tablo
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A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.
Jamey Johnson
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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.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Bad Meets Evil'
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I just write what comes to me. I didn't sit down and say ok, here is my statement. It's just a song that has a shout out.
Emily Haines
Broken Social Scene
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Music makes time fall away like almost nothing else. You hear a song from another moment of your life, and it really is like you're still there.
Jennifer Egan
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A lot of people say 'Boo'd Up' reminds them of '90s R&B. It has that feeling, which is why I think people take to the song so much.
Ella Mai
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I feed on other people's creativity, photographers, artists of every kind. Sometimes a feeling that you get listening to a song can be so powerful. I've wanted to write whole scripts around what I felt just listening to a piece of music. I think music is important, and surrounding your visual field with stimulating things.
James Cameron
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I love to read things that have moral messages, and I love to hear stories where it's not just a hook, you have to follow the story, you have to listen to the message of the song, and get it and use it in your everyday life.
Valerie June
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For a song I was boughtNow I lie when I talkWith a careful eye on the cue card.Onto a stage I was pushed,With my sorrow well rehearsed.So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it).
Conor Oberst
Bright Eyes
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Any time you have a song that is directly connected to a very specific musical trend of the moment, you have immediately cut it off at the knees, doesn't matter if it goes to number one in the world, if you're too attached to a production style.
Ryan Tedder
OneRepublic
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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
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I like any song that can tell a story that people can relate to.
Lauren Alaina
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I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the door When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The fault must partly have been in me. The bird was not to blame for his key. And of course there must be something wrong In wanting to silence any song.
Robert Frost
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Then in chat, or at play, with a dance, or a song, Let the night, like the day, pass with pleasure along. All cares, but of love, banish far from your mind; And those you may end, when you please to be kind.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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It's really very easy for me to be in The Cardinals, because I bring my voice, my guitar, and my songs to them, and then we all play around to find out what works.
Ryan Adams
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Country Music has always changed for the times, if you listen to the recordings from the 50's to 60's to 70's, to now, the message is still there, basic down to earth songs about real people, it the music that's been updated. Some of it I like, but still prefer the traditional sound.
Mark Chesnutt
