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I've written probably over 200 songs that have a verse and a chorus and that's it.
I always use familiarity in my music, whether it's in my song writing or whatever.
I've often said if I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often.
If only the bird with the loveliest song sang, the forest would be a lonely place.
I am inspired musically by anyone who can write a song that can bring me to tears.
I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless 'Till I see a picture of a shorty armless
I like to use recognizable songs, but other than that, this song would be perfect.
I never want to pick an easy song. I want to continue to challenge myself vocally.
You can't lose the essence of a song. I try to enhance it more than anything else.
In the year 2525, that song will be even less popular than when it first came out.
Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.
If guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things.
I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real.
Duke Ellington had a song, "What Am I Here For?" - this is what being pro-life is.
People expect me to do the classics, and it is a lot like playing a favorite song.
That cyclone in Burma? That was just me doing the dance to that annoying ass song.
What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
Day-thoughts feed nightly dreams; And sorrow tracketh wrong, As echo follows song.
Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.
I don't disrespect the audience. I only sing very well-written, intelligent songs.
I was raised by the song Of the murmuring grove And loving I learned Among Flowers.
If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they're asleep.
I'd rather have my teeth drilled than listen to that awful song, 'Fly, Eagles Fly.'
The song succeeds or fails just based on whether you argue your point successfully.
Yeah, Under The Table And Dreaming shaped the way that I think about writing songs.
It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out.
"Like a Rolling Stone" [of Bob Dylan] is a kiss-off song like none before or since.
Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and I'm quite sure I'm in the wrong song.
When I'm singing a song, I picture somebody in particular. A lot of it is to a guy.
I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.
Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down ? That's not my department.
It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is.
I'm not Metallica, you can tell that I'm really not that angry in most of my songs.
I've always said I write albums; I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.
I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.
I went on iTunes and looked at versions of Christmas songs. Everyone has done them!
It's so interesting to me how songs take on a shape and body of their own and grow.
It's not just a song I sing with my hand raised but also with a billfold I've laid.
I don't listen to the national anthem ironically. It's a beautiful song. I love it!
That old rock and roll song, "looking for love in all the wrong places," it's true.
Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house.
A song like 'Telescope' was about a friend of mine. He doesn't know it's about him.
There's gotta be more to life than chasing down every temporary high to satisfy me.
I don't like doing substandard work... I can't sleep at night if I make a bad song.
Give me songs to sing and emerald dreams to dream and I'll give you love unfolding.
[Some] songs are all so detailed and in-depth that it takes forever to finish them.
[Blow Ya Mind] it's a feel good song, a relaxed song... people are just digging it.
We're not just a band playing songs, we're a safe place to go forget your troubles.