Quotes about son
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. Jason Aldean
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 dad school
So yeah, when I was a kid, when I was 16, 17, I'd come home from high school, and my dad collected all of Barbra Streisand's records. And she was very young then. I think she probably had three records out, and she was 21, and we had them all. And I knew every single song, every breath, every elision, every swell. And I sang along to it. Meryl Streep
song stars pops
I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do. Ricky Gervais
song moving dancing
I was okay with singing. I always sneak a song into everything I do. Dancing, a little awkward. Little embarrassed about that. I don't move well. But I was with a frog, so it doesn't matter. I'll do anything with a frog, that's my motto. He's great with tap-dancing or flap-dancing on my head. So no one's going to be looking at me when we're doing that dance. They're going to be saying, 'There's a frog dancing'.
song writing trying
If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators. Brian Wilson
song writing film
I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?
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.
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!'