Quotes about song
song kind mental-illness
Some of my earlier songs are kind of more about mental illness. Andrew Bird
song struggle writing
I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as well, and I need to keep myself interested. When I'm left to my own devices, there's a struggle.
song struggle pops
There's always that struggle between me wanting to keep [song] new and fresh and then be - I can never get with pop songs being so repetitive.
song writing simple
I'm coming from a place that's more experimental and indulgent already, so for the last 10 years, it's been more like, "How can I defend my own sensibilities by writing a nugget of a little catchy pop song?" That's how I'm stretching myself, by writing something really simple.
song greek challenges
I create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that.
song thinking creating
If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing.
song art needs
I don't get particularly precious about things like this, though. Like the record company said, "We need a radio edit that delivers the hook" - I don't even know what they consider the hook in that song ["Oh No"] - "that delivers the hook sooner." So I'm like, "Okay. I see that." And they were all walking on eggshells, like is this going to be sacrilegious to me or something, to mess with this art I've created? And I'm like, "Great. I get to tinker with it, I get to mess with my song some more."
song stones rolling
It's not set in stone. I like to keep it rolling and changing, and so I am like, "Great, I get to remake my song."
song writing ideas
The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.
song inspire restlessness
No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.
song play appreciate
All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.
songwriting
Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience. Amos Lee
song people matter
I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is.
song mean honest
I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.
song waiting
they danced as though they'd been waiting all their lives for each song. Amy Bloom
song believe rooms
I believe truly that Satan cannot endure it and so slips out of the room - more or less - when there is a true song. Amy Carmichael
song people cobain
People looked to Kurt Cobain because his songs captured what they felt before they knew they felt it. Anthony DeCurtis
song ocean two
The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two. Anthony de Mello
song heart wind
The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.
song attention pay
My theme song is always: 'Pay attention to your viewer. Follow them.' Anne Sweeney
song couple fun
You listen to your favorite song just until you're almost getting sick of it, and then it's so fun to rediscover it after a couple of months. Anna Kendrick
song jesus couple
But to make a holiday record that involves favorite American songs and then also get to sing about Jesus birth, it just seemed like a real easy, subtle way to combine a couple of things that I love. Amy Grant
song writing thinking
I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters.
song mean way
The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.
song writing ideas
To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.
song unique listening
How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect is if you feel what that song is saying.
song silly lips
I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs; it's a silly hobby of mine. Allison Janney
song college men
When I graduated from college in early 2010, I decided that I needed to create a calling card, some kind of business card that people can link to my name and face. So I did this 'Mad Men Theme Song...With a Twist' music video. I released it just as I moved to L.A. Allison Williams
song art break-through
The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime. Alma Gluck
song quality singers
We are rich in the quantity of songs rather than in the quality. The singer has to go through hundreds of compositions before he finds one that really says something.
song simple voice
When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!
song voice smell
The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me. Anne Sexton
song listening favorite-song
I like to read things I've read before. It's like listening over and over to your favorite song. Anne Rice