Quotes about son
song clever stupid
Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so. W. H. Auden
song symphony bird
Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony. William Christopher Handy
song retirement fall
The fall of waters and the song of birds, And hills that echo to the distant berds, Are luxuries excelling all the glare The world can boast, and her chief favorites share. William Cowper
song cutting thinking
If you have a song that you think sounds like another song you should contact the publishing company and say I have a song here, let's cut a deal that lets everyone walk away feeling good. Wayne Coyne
song sound corny
There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
song titles song-titles
Sometimes the song title comes with the songs, other times you just sorta make something up afterwards.
song writing
I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself. Townes Van Zandt
song two zips
There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah,
song fun writing
It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist! Tove Lo
song falling-in-love fall
There's this cliché of always falling in love with the latest song, and I'm kind of like that.
song fall writing
Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the lyric and rhythm, kind of. Sometimes it's a track I fall I love with... but writing my own songs, I rarely write on tracks.
song mean catchy
A good song stays in your head because it's catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you.
song sorry crazy
Anyone who says the Backstreet Boys can't sing is crazy. They're probably just reading some highbrow critic who hates anyone the general public embraces. I'm sorry, but those boys sing their butts off. They work hard on their choreography, and on their harmonies. Their tracks are tight and solid. Their songs are musical and memorable. Tony Orlando
song years three
With what's happened in the world the last three years, it's easier to see why it's become popular again to diminish and revile Arabs and Muslims in American popular culture. Tony Shalhoub
song numbers choices
If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure in doing the vocal on a number that you can put feeling into. Vaughn Monroe
song trying moments
If you don't try and force it, a song will find the proper moment to come to life. Valerie Simpson
son saint praying
I am sharing my faith with my sons. I pray, meditate and read devotionally. But let me be clear: I am a "person of faith" not because I am a saint, but because I am a sinner. Van Jones
song jazz
The theory is that you don't play a song the same way twice because it's jazz. That's where I'm coming from. Van Morrison
song simple trying
What I don't like is taking it to extremes and making all these intellectualizations about what basically is simple music. It's simple stream-of-consciousness stuff in my songs. What I'm trying to get across is misinterpreted.
song together different
I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there's so many different things that can make a song come together.
song trying influence
Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff, a gospel type riff. It just seemed to come joyously-something about the song, about living in another place of joyous sounds. I'm not quite sure-that's one I'm trying to analyze. It just came out.
song book writing
Whether you're writing a book or a song or whatever, you've got to be involved in it. It's got to come from the heart I think...that's what it's all about.
song tired
The thing about albums is just coming up with new material. I just got tired of that syndrome of putting out an album and then some reviewer claims that this song or that song has something to do with x y or z.
song sometimes
Sometimes you do know where the ideas are coming from and sometimes you don't. You might get a song coming through that you just don't know about.
song spirit
If the spirit comes through in a Madame George type of song, that's what the spirit says. You have very little to do with it. You're like an instrument for what's coming through.
song couple mean
I wrote a couple of songs that had gypsy references in them. The only reason it happened was because that's what was coming through and I liked the idea at that period of time. But that doesn't mean that it's a myth or that I'm a gypsy. It's gotten totally out of context.
song survival world
[You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a song about that.
song character writing
That song [You Got To Make It Through The World] came from a vibe I picked up from an old blues singer named Bo Carter. My lady was making a film as a thesis for U.C.L.A. and she wanted me to write a song to depict this character. The movie had something to do with bootlegging and stuff like that. I found this Bo Carter record and he was just saying something about making it to the woods or something like that.
song mean listening
Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision. And the next person is going to see it completely different. So even what it means to me is probably irrelevant. It's totally irrelevant. What matters is what it means to each person listening to it.
song thinking my-favorite
I think I opened up an area with Astral Weeks that hit a lot of peoples' nerves. But you can't really say that they're my favorite songs.
song writing trying
The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff...that's what I really dig. And I also dig to sing ballads as well. And I also dig writing my own songs. I was just trying to find a way of integrating the whole thing, taking a look at the total picture.
song play together
If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.
song writing bored
I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what I wanted to say.