Quotes about song
song records hard
It's very hard to get good songs because a lot of writers record their own; they keep the best for themselves. Olivia Newton-John
song people rejection
Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people to record it - but they'll all do it differently and they'll all have that option. Whereas with actors there might be one part, and five hundred actors all want the same role - it's so much more competitive. It's an incredibly painful profession because you get so much rejection.
song grease duets
John [Travolta] and I have remained very close friends ever since we did Grease. When I was told that "You're the One That I Want" was named the #1 duet in history and, during a text chat with John letting him know he said "we should record a Christmas song." Of course I said yes.
song fun symphony
I am lucky to have the greatest band and when you add a symphony orchestra to the mix it brings all of my songs to a whole new level. I wouldn't say I really change what I do but, having those talented musicians behind me, along with my band, really makes the songs so much bigger and more fun to sing.
song blessed careers
I have really been blessed in my career with some wonderful songwriters and in turn, songs.
song fun thinking
John Farrar, my dear friend and songwriter/producer of most of my hits (he wrote "You're The One That I Want" and "Hopelessly Devoted to You," among others), wrote the song ["I Think You Might Like It"] and it captures so much fun and joy! Having that reunion as well, with John and John - made the project even more special!
song fun years
A few years ago I appeared on GLEE and, Jane Lynch and I did a remake of the song that was very popular - someone told me it was in the Top 100 when it was released. First, walking on the set of GLEE the day we filmed it was surreal as they had recreated the entire original set from the music video. It was bizarre - but fun.
song lost-love men
I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it's like this - the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the lost American man. Oliver Platt
song silly speech
Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech. Oliver Herford
song fun play
Our writer would play the piano and then come up with songs on the spot that included all of us. It was so fun! Odeya Rush
song thinking trying
You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn. Margaret Atwood
song writing mirrors
When you write a song it's sometimes in a desperate moment whn you can't really articulate it. What I love about lyrics is what T.S. Eliot said: 'Good poetry is felt before it is heard.' I'm a believer in that. It's those moments when you sit yourself down, and talk to yourself in the mirror. Marcus Mumford
song unique crowds
It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.
song sweet eye
Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall come, Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home. Marcus Tullius Cicero
song years tests
First you date the songs, and then you get engaged and then you marry them. They have to stand the test of time, because they are going to be yours for the next 20, 30, 40 years. So you had better choose right Marc Anthony
song kids years
Don't sing a song you can't carry off, like some 16-year-old kid singing 'My Way'. That song's not for you. You haven't lived that. Marc Almond
song stress suffering
I thought, I might not look my best, I've forgotten half the words to my songs and I'm suffering from post-traumatic stress, but I've just got to get out there and do it.
song writing thinking
I liked the idea of writing a song saying I'm happy with who I am, and I don't mind if people think I'm some old git.
song writing leather-jackets
I'd always wanted to write a song about a leather jacket and how wearing it makes you feel. I love leather jackets, and I've got a big collection of them.
song thinking world
I'm the most indecisive person in the world. I'll do three versions of a song, then think, "Is the demo better?"
song self albums
Albums, with me, have never had an easy birth. Especially when all the songs are self-written songs.
song queens adventure
A lot of the early songs I wrote were about the experience of going to London and meeting rent boys and transvestites and drag queens. A lot of my early material is that: the wide-eyed adventures of a middle-class boy.
song moving writing
I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever I go there, I find myself writing songs about it.
song
That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
song ideas knowing
Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process.
song records want
My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.
song play guitar
For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar.
song writing diaries
I have all these revelations as I'm writing. Each song is like a chapter of my diary. Kid Cudi
song rap soul
And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take But please don't cry Just know that I have made these songs for you.
song people together
And now that Martina McBride knows of T.I., and T.I. knows of Martina McBride, that made me very happy, too. It's introducing worlds to different people and bringing them together with a song. Kid Rock
song cash knows
I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.
song writing thinking
I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.
song party writing
I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.