Quotes about song
song blow wind
I know a tree feels it when the wind blows through it. It probably goes, 'Chhhhhh, this is wonderful.' And that's how I feel when I'm singing some songs. It's wonderful. Michael Jackson
song pain emotional
I have always felt compassion for the planet. Sometime I just start to get emotional. I cry because I can almost feel the pain in the air. I put it in words and in song and in dance I think that is what artistry is.
song laughter dancing
All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different dances from the catwalk, to the jitterbug, to the Charleston, to break dancing -\-\ all these are forms of black dancing...What would [life] be without a song, without a dance, and joy and laughter, and music.
song hate done
That's why I hate to take credit for the songs I've written. I feel that somewhere, someplace, it's been done and I'm just a courier bringing it out into the world.
song children giving
Each song is a child I nourish and give my love to. But even if you have never written a song, your life is a song. How can it not be?
song children inspiration
Love. Children are loving, they dont gossip, they dont complain, theyre just open-hearted. Theyre ready for you. They dont judge. They dont see things by way of color. Theyre very child-like. Thats the problem with adults: they lose that child-like quality. And thats the level of inspiration thats so needed and is so important for creating and writing songs and for a sculptor, a poet or a novelist. Its that same kind of innocence, that same level of consciousness, that you create from. And kids have it. I feel it right away from animals and children and nature. Of course.
song survival identity
To propel our Louisiana culture into the future seems to be quite a task, but if one lives for the music as Cedric does, the path seems effortless. These songs may well be early brushstrokes of a life's worth of possibilities, not only for himself, but also for the identity survival of a culture. Michael Doucet
song sweet morning
Like sweet morning dew I took one look at you And it was plain to see You were my destiny Method Man
song nice play
It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are. Meshell Ndegeocello
song trying able
I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's all I'm really trying to do.
song thinking suffering
There's no hierarchy in suffering. I think songs that are transcendent are the ones where everyone can feel something from it, you know?
song land knowing
My favorite period is when we lived in the land of the three-minute song. The Motown thing - I thought they were genius in knowing that's as much as a listener can take.
song believe writing
Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter. ... I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away. Melissa Manchester
song careers long
A Grammy is a wonderful thing; all of a sudden you're given a new audience but, like anything, you have to be able to grow with these songs if you really want a long artistic career.
song singing albums
I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album Melissa Joan Hart
song language cry
There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry. Mark Twain
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.
song hate mean
I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.
song names land
The song still remains which names the land over which it sings. Martin Heidegger
song heart dancing
People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts. Marsha Norman