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When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
I ended up writing songs by taking stock of all the different events in my life, but all those songs were bad.
A lot of people have a particular song that, no matter their mood, turns them on. With me, it's Eleanor Rigby.
I can't jump into other people's shoes, I can only speak for me. My songs are pretty much sermons put to music.
Ive always written poetry and lyrics. My first husband, who was a musician, we wrote a bunch of songs together.
I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want to feel it every time.
The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song.
The greater our present trials, the louder will our future songs be, and the more intense our joyful gratitude.
F.U.B.U.' is one of my favorite songs ever. It just like touches me - I almost like cry when I heard that song.
I get on really well with Jake Gosling, who is a great producer, and I have written a song with Fraser T Smith.
I get to work with people I love who challenge and inspire me. And I get to sing songs that do that same thing!
I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.
I'm inspired by everything that I encounter, from the environment to people to other songs, movies and artists.
Try not to sing too many sad songs for yourself. The universe already hates you. Self-pity isn't going to help.
Take a deep breath, listen to your favorite song and realize everything is gonna be okay, nothing is permanent.
A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into it.
How does a person create a song? A lot of it is being open to encounter and to be in touch with the miraculous.
I always seem to write personal songs; that's always been my go-to thing, to write about what I'm experiencing.
I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
I used to sing Bill Monroe songs. And I'd sing Dennis Day songs like songs that he sang on the Jack Benny show.
People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.
Worship songs can't just be rooted in culture - they won't be deep enough. They have to be rooted in scripture.
You don't want your kids to hear songs of this nature... But you take em to the movies to watch Schwarzenegger!
I love the feeling of nostalgia vying with the present. That can be from song to song, or within the same song.
I've always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you've got to have a tour to support that.
We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.
Man down is a song about a girl who has committed a murder that she regrets and is completely remorseful about.
I want to give the people a lot more, and be able to perform more than just my one single and all my old songs.
The other day, I said I should write a song, 'When Does the New Wear Off?' I think it would be a helluva title.
My song is ya girlfriend's wakin up ringer... or alarm or whateva. She'll be here at 6 in the morn if I let her
I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion.
The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
You don't really hear a female perspective on the radio, because so many of the songs are being written by men.
What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?
And those whom once my song had cheered and gladdened, If still they live, rove through the world now saddened.
This is the city that taught me how to write all of these cool songs. Yeah, you guys definitely need a royalty.
The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.
I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.
I'm not that complicated. My complications come out in my songs. All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written.
There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.
I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine.
Our writer would play the piano and then come up with songs on the spot that included all of us. It was so fun!
As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad.
Most of my songs are about love, I am a 16 year old teenager and I sing about what is on every girls mind. Love
I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.