Quotes about son
song lying expression
You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song. Brian Wilson
song writing exercise
The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else...My state of being has been elevated, because I've been exercising, writing songs...No masterpiece ever came overnight. A person's masterpiece is something that you nurture along.
song writing mind
I sit and I write automatically. I don't really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs come very easily for me. When I'm inspired, it takes me 20 minutes to write a song.
song morning writing
I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.
song couple party
At the party, Rob Partridge said to me, "You gave hope to other balding men." My new epitaph: "Co-wrote a couple of decent songs and went bald shamelessly. Brian Eno
song fire composition
Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.
song track people
In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.
song thinking people
People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.
song crazy writing
I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!'
song paper graphs
I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.
song thinking trying
I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they're inclined to encourage that.
song hate land
I hate the thought that someone had picked up one of my song records and was really excited about it, and walks [out of] a record shop with On Land and is disappointed because it isn't what they wanted. So, I try to make signs, graphically and visually, to say to people "Okay, this is this department of my work and this is this other department of my work." And of course I'm very pleased if people like all of them, but I don't want them to feel deceived at any point.
song thieves gypsy
My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. Brent Spiner
song writing therapy
Writing songs is cheaper than going to therapy. Brent Smith
son
A wolf can be a wolfhound, son, but it can never be a lapdog. Brent Weeks
song mean people
The content people have no clue. I mean, no clue. The cost of bandwidth is going down to nothing. And the size of hard drives is getting so big, and they're so cheap, that pretty soon you'll have every song you own on one hard drive. The content distribution industry is going to evaporate. Bram Cohen
song writing guitar
If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write a song it was so that I would have something to sing. So the gut feeling you're talking about comes from singing and communicating the lyrics and what it is that we feel. Brandi Carlile
song people stories
People sing each other's songs and they cultivate standards. That's the reason why we have folk music and folk stories. History is told through song.
song records sitting
I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to my chest until I feel it's a better time.
song believe creativity
I feel like a lot of the singer-songwriters in my genre and in my generation have gotten more and more snooty about covering other people's songs. They believe that creativity is the intersect of expression.
song together belief
I stand firm behind the belief that, for me, songwriting isn't something that I do or command, it happens to me. I can either choose to stop and acknowledge it, or put it off and hope that it won't fade away. 'That Wasn't Me' is no exception - it came together more quickly than any other song I have ever constructed on my own.
song people evil
Pop is an easy way for evil business people to make a lot of money. But I find myself humming a Christina Aguilera song every once in a while. Brandon Boyd
song lying sunshine
For me, I say no, but then I am old, and life, with his sunshine, his fair places, his song of birds, his music and his love, lie far behind. You others are young. Some have seen sorrow, but there are fair days yet in store. What say you? Bram Stoker
song character writing
I see pictures in my mind and become the character in the song as I'm writing. It's kind of method songwriting, where you're the actor in the song. Diane Warren
song age hook
You should listen to songs and listen to what works. Listen to why a song is a hit. Check it out-not to imitate it, but there are certain things that work-hooks and melodies. Hear what works through the ages.
song perfect melody
What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.
song light benefits
One of the benefits of success with new songs is that some of the other songs will get a chance to see the light of day whereas they wouldn't have before.
song school boys
I guess my voice kind of changed in middle school. It was what it is now. I remember there was this boy who used to walk behind me and sing that song that goes, "Walk like a man, talk like a man" and I was devastated. So I learned that I can pick up my voice if I want to. Dianna Agron
son france hospitality
My son loves the Hotel du Cap, in the south of France. Diane von Furstenberg
song long matter
I suppose any note, no matter how sour, sounds like a song if you hold onto it long enough. Dewitt Bodeen
song two people
Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' is my ultimate karaoke song. It is a wonderful world. People forget we only have a certain amount of time, and it can all end at any moment. Armstrong and Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' are the ultimate one-two punch. Dhani Jones
song taco-bell bells
Someone recently played me 'Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell' by Das Racist. That should be my theme song. Dhani Harrison
song school years
I was always brutally teased for being George Harrison's son. That was from the age of about four or five, before I even knew who he was. And for seven years people would follow me about school singing 'Yellow Submarine.' I still can't listen to that song to this day.