Quotes about song
song attitude done
I've done a lot of movies that don't have any music in them, and I've always sort of had a kind of wary attitude about music because it can be so manipulative, and also because with pop music, I feel like everybody kind of has their own relationship to songs. Joe Swanberg
song tired years
Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing. Joe Cocker
song people lists
Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.
song moving want
Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.
song able rays
I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.
song feelings
I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.
song moving focus
For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.
song skins violin
I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame. Jodi Picoult
song heart eye
Summertime, I think, is a collective unconscious. We all remember the notes that made up the song of the ice cream man; we all know what it feels like to brand our thighs on a playground slide that's heated up like a knife in a fire; we all have lain on our backs with our eyes closed and our hearts beating across the surface of our lids, hoping that this day will stretch just a little longer than the last one, when in fact it's all going in the other direction.
song sweet stars
And sweet and far as from a star, replied a voice which shall not cease, till drowning all the noise of war, it sings the blessed song of peace John Greenleaf Whittier
song fall years
Once more the liberal year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold: Once more with harvest song and shout Is nature's boldest triumph told.
song may
Others may sing the song. Others may right the wrong.
song winning wish
Sweeter than any sungMy songs that found no tongue;Nobler than any factMy wish that failed of act.Others shall sing the song,Others shall right the wrong,-Finish what I begin,And all I fail of win.
song mean rocks
I laughed and pointed out that "Hash Browns Mean Nothing Without You" was a pretty good name for a band. "Or a song," the Duke said, and then she started singing all glam rock, a glove up to her face holding an imaginary mic as she rocked out an a cappella power ballad. "Oh, I deep fried for you / But now I weep 'n' cry for you / Oh, babe, this meal was made for two / And these hash browns mean nothing, oh these hash browns mean nothing, yeah these HASH BROWNS MEAN NOTHIN' without you. John Green
song teenager holiday
When I was a teenager, I dreamed of being an opera singer like Maria Callas or a jazz singer like June Christy or Chris Connor, or approaching songs with the kind of mystical lethargy of Billie Holiday, or championing the downtrodden like Lotte Lenya. But I never dreamed of singing in a rock-and-roll band. Patti Smith
song writing hardest
Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.
song communication writing
Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When I'm writing a song, I imagine performing it. I imagine giving it. It's a different aspect of communication. It's for the people.
song want labels
If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
song transgender enjoyed
I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.
song eras astute
Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically. Martin Fry
song tests theme
One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it. Martin Fleischmann
song emotional strikes
I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally. Martin Gore
song important velvet-underground
I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.
song writing guitar
When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song.
song art writing
Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.
song thinking solo
As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode.
song writing long
I didn't write songs for a very long time.
song america people
People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.
song writing thinking
When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me, like a mountain to climb. You look at that one blank piece of paper and you think, `God, how many songs do I have to write here?' It always feels like pressure.
song band use
It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.
song trying different
Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.
song writing thinking
I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.
song writing needs
God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.