Quotes about son
song writing bad-mood
I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood. Trent Reznor
song wall writing
You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song. Trent Reznor
song together might
The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. Tracy Chapman
song writing tree
I'm not sure if the next song I write is going to be about love or a song about a tree. Tracy Chapman
song trying records
Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs. Tracy Chapman
song weather together
I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too! Tracy Chapman
song years guitar
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it. Tracy Chapman
song writing guitar
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. Tracy Chapman
song writing might
I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it. Tracy Chapman
song thinking type
I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned. Toru Takemitsu
son advice lasts
For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth. [It., Che spesso avvien che ne' maggior perigli Son piu audaci gli ottimi consigli.] Torquato Tasso
son guitar years
The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play. Tony Visconti
song passion technology
I like to work with people who have a sense of putting a song over, and can sing in tune, and with passion. With technology you can polish a turd, but there's still no button you can press for passion. Tony Visconti
song feelings fantasy
In life you can get a feeling which is part of a person, the same as in the songs. Music is almost our representation of our fantasies and so our songs are representations of our fantasies. Steve Winwood
song kids guitar
I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it was I had an epiphany. Before I was even playing the guitar, I would create these lists of how I would record things and overdub them, like Led Zeppelin song, 'I could put this guitar on this track...' and so on. Steve Vai
song thinking artist
I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera. Steve Vai
song real writing
I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it. Vince Neil
song technology flawless
With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless. Vince Neil
son shane products
That's right, you and God versus me, Vincent Kennedy McMahon, and the product of my semen, my son Shane! Vince McMahon
song lyrical
Every song with lyrics is lyrical. Vince Staples
song
I'm a beat hoarder. I'll record five songs in a year and I still hoard beats. Vince Staples
song hurt fun
It would be fun to go back and see where all my songs stopped, because I think I'd have every number in the top 100. It never ceases to amaze me. It still hurts when one doesn't work, because you put your heart and soul into it. Vince Gill
song jobs play
Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the same job: all of us together figuring out the common good for a song. That's the only thing that matters. It's not like, "I'm the boss, and I'm gonna tell you what to play." Vince Gill
song people the-end-of-the-day
At the end of the day, all people want to do is hear a great singer sing a great song. They don't care about what vocal changes it went through. You can't screw up a great song and a great singer. Vince Gill
song jobs singers
I've always been the high harmony singer. It's never my job to know the verses! But I know the chorus of every song ever made. Vince Gill
song dad play
I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together. Vince Gill
song real interesting
So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us. Vince Gill
song next your-favorite
When you ask a songwriter, "What's your favorite song?" he goes, "The next one." Vince Gill
song funny-things people
The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it. Vince Gill
song notes equal
I've always felt like every note of a song is of equal value. Vince Gill
song writing mind
I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numbing to me. Vince Gill
song relax want
I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge. Robert Goulet
song work-out body
When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out. Robert Goulet