Quotes about song
song passionate kind
Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one. Alanis Morissette
song writing default
The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs. Alanis Morissette
song evolve
I'll keep evolving and put that into my songs. Alanis Morissette
song wind contemplating
Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen. Alanis Morissette
song anger men
When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. Alanis Morissette
song writing intellectual
When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out. Alanis Morissette
song one-day would-be
There were days on that show where I had to go in and record a song, then I had to rehearse the dance for that song, and then I had to go and shoot a separate scene. That would be one day. So yeah, it was about the value of time and being prepared, and not to freak out. Blake Jenner
song rocks skanks
You rock so, you rock so, you dip so, you dip so, you skank so, you skank so, and don't be no drag! You come so, you come so, for reggae is another bag! Blake Lively
song thinking sometimes
Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best. Billy Boyd
song umpires one-day
One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head. Billie Holiday
song singing way
I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way. Billie Holiday
song men ducks
Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck. Billie Holiday
song night years
I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. Billie Holiday
song way jazz
I never sing a song the same way twice. Billie Holiday
song exercise night
I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession. If you can, then it ain't music, it's close order drill, or exercise or yodeling or something, not music. Billie Holiday
song next lists
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to the next, but at the same time, you have to be spontaneous and take requests and change the set list at the drop of a hat. Billie Joe Armstrong
song people drug
I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I'm lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them. Billie Joe Armstrong
song want half
One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized. Billie Joe Armstrong
song writing information
Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not coming in, how could you not help but write songs about it. Billie Joe Armstrong
song writing people
I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do. Billie Joe Armstrong
song writing political
In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find is feeling lost and trying to find your way. Billie Joe Armstrong
song heart writing
We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think. Billie Joe Armstrong
song revolution world
When we were making the record, I just decided, at the last second. I thought, "This song ["Ordinary World"] makes a lot of sense, being on the album [Revolution Radio]." Billie Joe Armstrong
song mean forever
Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn't mean you have to go feeling that way forever. You can sing about that for the rest of your life, but that doesn't mean things aren't going to change in your own life. Billie Joe Armstrong
song crazy thinking
And for our fans, they're just crazy people anyway. I always look at people in a Green Day shirt, and I think, 'What's wrong with that person? What kind of hang-ups does that person have?' Obviously, it's not just the catchy songs, it goes deeper than that. Billie Joe Armstrong
song dope smoking
I wrote a song called 'Green Day' because I was smoking a lot of dope. Billie Joe Armstrong
song emotional gutters
Songs are like a form of chaos that you can control. It's a form of intelligence that maybe you only understand and you hope that someone else can understand. And you can be anyone you want: you can be as grandiose as you want or you can be as down in the gutter as you want. It's just sort of whatever emotional freeway you're on at the time. Billie Joe Armstrong
song guy hats
I'm an actor. I'm not a performer. I'm not like a song and dance guy who can take a cane and a hat and do it. I would just you know. That's why I never did commercials. Billy Bob Thornton
song writing hook
My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too. Billy Bob Thornton
song sometimes
Sometimes I have songs born out of stories. Billy Bob Thornton
song writing player
I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it. Billy Bob Thornton
song eagles documentaries
I'm not a fan of the Eagles, but I've watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who's watched it with me has sung along to the songs, much to my dismay. Bill Hader
song
The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California. Bill Hader