Quotes about song
song paid knows
I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid. Kanye West
song self firsts
We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it. Kanye West
song thinking paris
I spent 80% of my time working on this, and 20% of my time working on music. Why do you think the song 'Niggas in Paris' is called 'Niggas in Paris?' 'Cause niggas was in Paris! Kanye West
song white black
If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food. Kanye West
song dark america
This dark diction has become America's addiction. Kanye West
song angel glasses
They say, he must had an angel, cuss look how death missed his ass. Unbreakable, what you thought they'd call me Mr. Glass? Kanye West
song clothes jail
We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom, We buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need them, Things we buy to cover up what's inside. Kanye West
song thinking leather-jackets
What is the definition of cool? Michael Jackson made “Heal the World.” He could do that because he was golden. He was himself. He didn't have to try to be cool. Think about a lot of your favorite bands or groups. Would they make a song called “Heal the World”? No, because they are too concerned about their leather jackets. Ironically, they are probably wearing leather jackets because of Michael Jackson. Kanye West
song real artist
So few hip-hop artists have ever advanced. Their songs on their seventh, eighth albums sound exactly like the songs on their first album. More than an artist, I'm a real person-and real people grow. And I wanna just sing my growth. Kanye West
song rap dark
Got a light skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson, Got a dark skinned friend, look like Michael Jackson. Kanye West
song drug sierra-leone
Though it's thousands of miles away Sierra Leone connect to what we go through today Over here, its a drug trade, we die from drugs Over there, they die from what we buy from drugs Kanye West
song medicine
..my music isn't just music- its medicine. Kanye West
song jesus pieces
I thought my Jesus Piece was so harmless 'Till I see a picture of a shorty armless Kanye West
song track gone
Now that you're gone, it hit us, super hard on Thanksgiving and Chrismas, this can't be right, yo you heard the track I did called this can't be life Kanye West
song thank-god too-cool
Thank God I'm not too cool for a seatbelt. Kanye West
song stars light
I knew when I wrote the line "light-skinned friend look like Michael Jackson" [from the song "Slow Jamz"] I was going to be a big star. Kanye West
song sky
We gonna touch the sky Kanye West
song rocks giving
My music is rock. I listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers and I listen to one of my songs, and if I don't give you the same emotion, then I go back and re-spit. Kanye West
song listening soup
Whenever I sit with a bowl of soup before me, listening to the murmur that penetrates like the distant song of an insect, lost in contemplation of the flavours to come, I feel as if I were being drawn into a trance Junichiro Tanizaki
song joy speak
When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing your inner torment or your inner joy. Julie Taymor
song may blizzard
I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written Judy Collins
song lines diaries
The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song. Judy Collins
song too-much planes
I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane. Judy Collins
song believe heart
The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open up your heart and not be afraid to get them out. Judy Collins
song people marketing
Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not. Judy Collins
song believe writing
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Judy Collins
song tongue ifs
If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song. Paul Tillich
song moon water
Old black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me?
song writing exercise
Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did. Then, start by copying them...just as an exercise. See if you can do similar things. Learn how to write a song like so and so. Then, when you've done that, write a song like yourself. Learn to color within the lines before going outside them. Patrick Stump
song lines envelopes
I'm really attracted to music that sort of toes that line between pop and avant-garde, that pushes the envelope of what you can get in a pop song. Patrick Stump
song couple rap
The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.' Patrick Stump
song writing play
When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs. Patrick Stump
song fall boys
'As Long As I Know I'm Getting Paid' is a satire. Lyrically, I want to be direct. With my history in Fall Out Boy, there's some expectation that I'm going to be lyrically obtuse. But that song is a straight-faced satire of consumerism. Patrick Stump