Quotes about song
song heart practice
My advice for people is to love the world they are in, in whatever way makes sense to them. It may be a devotional practice, it may be song or poetry, it may be by gardening, it may be as an activist, scientist, or community leader. The path to restoration extends from our heart to the heart of sentient beings, and that path will be different for every person. Paul Hawken
song teenage stupid
I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. Paul Anka
song men feels
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.
song teenage stupid
I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes. ... The thing is to be able to outlast the trends. ... They are actually manufactured entertainment groups. They are a product of technology. What you are listening to is technology.
song
Every battalion has its marching songs. Patrick MacGill
song eye men
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it. Patrick Henry
song pieces suits
When you hear a good traditional gospel song it makes you wanna go buy a three piece suit Pat Boone
song love-is battlefields
Love is a battlefield. Pat Benatar
song singing unhappy
Families without songs are unhappy families. Pat Conroy
song book careers
William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture have made him both legendary and necessary. His book, The Storied South , is a love song to the South Bill helped illuminate. It's a crowning achievement of his own storied career.
song school kids
As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like "I'm One" helped me get through high school. Judd Apatow
song times-are-changing people
Back in the old days, everyone was shocked if a band had a sponsor for their tour. Now, Bob Dylan can do a commercial for Victoria's Secret and people don't really blink; the Beatles' songs are in all sorts of commercials these days and it doesn't seem to offend anybody. The times are changing.
song smart silly
I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing to watch her perform. She's just such an incredible singer. She so funny, and so smart, yet she's doing it for this silly, silly song.
song writing people
I've always appreciated people like Graham Parker or Loudon Wainwright III, who spend their entire lives writing songs and working their asses off just to have complete artistic freedom. They're just sharing their lives with you through their music. That's the same kind of work that I'm trying to do, in my own weird way.
song thinking funny-things
Nothing is ever finished. It's a funny thing. I actually think that's really the more natural way of stories or songs. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
song mean technology
The term 'popular culture' always used to mean what the people do - pop songs, folk songs, music in general used to live because people would sing these songs and tell these stories together. Then all of these new technologies came out and it became the work of professionals.
song boys night
Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm gonna make a song that sounds like that. Little Richard
song rap writing
I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip hop to trip hop, house, drum and bass, and experimental and improv and jazz. Nelly Furtado
song thinking doors
Let's have the music that will open the door to millions of people... the kind of music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer... not music that is confined to the merely personal. Nelson Eddy
song hip-hop hips
Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs. Nelly
song kids boys
I wasn't a kid when I came out. Soulja Boy was 16. I'm saying that when he came out he was a kid so it was naturally a show for him. It's not about the music right away. It's a show for him. Not that he's not putting enough effort into his music, but how much effort can a 16 year old put into his music because as you mature and get older even the songs he's doing now has evolved and he's looking back.
song mass knows
You never know until a song comes out and becomes what it becomes, obviously you can't predict how the masses will react.
song army two
The first song is called "London." It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime. Neil Tennant
song musical way
At one time musical theater, particularly in the '40s and '50s, was a big source of pop songs. That's how musical theater started, really - it was just a way of linking several pop songs for the stage.
song kids writing
Rich kids who write songs about food stamps always piss me off. I'm not going to write any songs about that, either. Neko Case
song dog real
I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.
song writing people
I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or words that make visual pictures for them.
song giving clue
You're not supposed to totally know what's happening. The songs are supposed to give you clues so you can fill in the blanks.
song thinking trying
I try to think of the songs as little movies. They're always pretty visual to me. I can always sort of see them. I don't always know what the end result is going to be, and I don't know exactly what it's going to sound like, but I can kinda see them.
song long-ago ive-learned
I'm not the same as I was long ago, I've learned some new things and I hope that it shows. Neil Young
song two kind
There's two kinds of love, one is wrong and one is right.
song hard-work people
Hard working people stopping for a drink on the way to work.
song play games
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.