Quotes about son
song thinking people
There's a lot of people I'd love to work with at some point, but I think the song has to be the right thing. It has to be the right fit. Jason Aldean
song thinking artist
Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond.
song may firsts
After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one.
song writing thinking
I think great songs can come from anywhere and you constantly have to be able to look out for those. I think a lot of the times people will try too hard to write everything themselves and therefor miss out on great songs that way.
song teenager cutting
If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate everybody else. When I cut my record, I'm just going to cut the things that I like, and whoever likes it, likes it. That's too much work to try to figure out the demographic. That's too much like a business.
song thinking artist
Typing in the name of a song and downloading the song you really have no connection with the artist at that point. So I think it is still important to have physical CDs and stuff like that.
song cutting records
To me, a critic is someone who gets paid for their opinion, and they're entitled to that opinion but I don't really put a lot of stock into their opinion. I'm going to cut the kind of records and the kind of songs that I like, and the kind of things that I enjoy doing. If critics dig it, that's fine, if they don't, that's fine.
song opportunity records
Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don't have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show has always been my selling tool.
song wall singing
You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.
song phones goal
My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show.
song thinking careers
You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't think are really going to do much end up having a career. I don't think anyone really knows what it is that drives somebody to get on their computer and want to download a song.
song humble hard-times
Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have. Janis Ian
song children hate
I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.
song writing artist
At the end of the day, if you don't have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You're still an artist. That's something no one can take away.
song singing over-it
I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it Janis Joplin
song nature our-world
For the 99 percent of the time we've been on Earth, we were hunter and gatherers, our lives dependent on knowing the fine, small details of our world. Deep inside, we still have a longing to be reconnected with the nature that shaped our imagination, our language, our song and dance, our sense of the divine. Janine Benyus
song moving listening-to-others
There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as an actor, but listening to other people's music and watching other actors. There are so many different songs that have moved me. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in at that moment. Janet Jackson
song people
All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.
song people feelings
I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.
song writing ideas
Sometimes I would write something that was so private, people would say, 'Make it more universal.' I never liked that idea. I always thought the more personal a song was, the more people would want to hear it. Jane Wiedlin
song songwriting happens
I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.
song children believe
I hear pounding feet in the streets below And the women crying and the children know That there's something wrong And it's hard to believe that love will prevail Oh it won't rain all the time The sky won't fall forever And though the night seems long Your tears won't fall forever Jane Siberry
song art giving
Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art. Jane Yolen
son grandchildren like-you
Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for. Jane Smiley
song listening want
It doesn't matter what kind of music you like or what kind of person you are or what you're used to listening to, or whether you know me or not. It doesn't matter, either way you can be inspired by it [my songs]. Each way I want to make it relatable to that group, but most of all keep the inspirational part of it, for sure." Miley Cyrus
song hate video
If you don't like my songs, don't hear it. If you don't like my music videos, don't watch it. If you hate me, I don't care.
song positive-words crowds
Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.
song love-is our-love
It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it
song dad writing
I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.
song writing guitar
My guitar is like my best friend. My guitar can get me through anything. If I can sit down and write an amazing song with my guitar about what's going on in life, then that's the greatest therapy for me.
song
I always wanted to write a song with him, ... and we got a chance. Burt Bacharach
songs
My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them. Lucinda Williams
song worth written
If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.