Quotes about son
song taken woody
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song. John Mellencamp
song years voice
I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.
song writing people
I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.
song writing worry
I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.
song thinking trying
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
song couple two
Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album.
song heart rocks
Rock'n'roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things, it's a great rock song.
son names people
My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material.
song thinking guy
I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?
song information canvas
I have a bunch of information in my head that I'm not afraid to put in song or onto a canvas. Into any conversation.
son america navy
I am the son and grandson of Navy admirals, and I was born into America's service, ... It wasn't until I was deprived of her company that I fell in love with America. John McCain
song beach boys
You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.
song bird listening
I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could. John James Audubon
song matter given
The song is just the given. It's how you cover it that matters. John Hockenberry
song attitude writing
My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail? John Hiatt
song men play
I don't care if I tell that story and John Roderick gets up afterward and yells, 'I hope you enjoyed the white privilege, mortality comedy of John Hodgman!' That's me!" I'm going to play a sad Handsome Family song at the end and I guarantee you everyone is going to love it because, sometimes, you need a grown man or woman to tell you what you like. John Hodgman
song ukulele humanity
Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele.
song two bamboo
Two tires fly. Two Wail. A bamboo grove, all chopped down From it, warring songs. Neal Stephenson
song writing weekend
It's that quirky kind of weekend feeling they write ridiculous sunny-day songs about. You know the ones--I'm sure they're on your iPod even though you'd never admit it. Neal Shusterman
song years circles
I live my life in widening circle That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, And I still don't know: am I a falcon, A storm, or a great song? [I, 2] Rainer Maria Rilke
song joy forever
Be forever dead in Eurydice-more gladly arise into the seamless life proclaimed in your song. Here, in the realm of decline, among momentary days, be the crystal cup that shattered even as it rang.
song years storm
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.
song maenads noise
But you, divine poet, you sang on till the end as the swarm of rejected maenads attacked you, shrieking, you overpowered their noise with harmony, and from pure destruction arose your transfigured song.
song bored performing
I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes. Sharon Van Etten
song writing giving
When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself. Shane MacGowan
song drinking imagination
There is drinking in lots of the songs because there is drinking in life. Drinking stimulates the imagination.
song writing thinking
Capitol Records were very keen for me to write and see how I got on; I think that is what defined my sound. The first session I had was with two young up-and-coming writers, Nick Atkinson and Tom Wilding, and I went into a session a bit nervous because I hadn't written that many songs before. Shane Filan
song writing nashville
I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.
song strong thinking
I think that lyrically, 'Safe' is a very positive song: it's very strong; it's about keeping somebody safe and protecting people. I think everybody anywhere in the world can relate to it. I think everybody wants to feel safe; everybody wants to feel protected.
song hero biblical
We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family praying together. We're all trying to live in the light of the history that shines through the biblical narrative. Shane Claiborne
song war world
When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches for the front. But soon events assumed such gigantic and far-reaching scope as to demand larger canvasses. Sergei Prokofiev
song sign-language language
I do love to interpret songs in American Sign Language. Sean Berdy
song kids world
My songs are like kids. I love them all. I encourage them to grow, to reach their full potential, and then send them out into the world. Seal