Sharon Jones Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can.

  Sharon Jones

  Song, Writing, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• As for me, I rarely write a song. But when I do write a song, like "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects," which came to me at three a.m. one morning, on a whim - I get a percentage.

  Sharon Jones

  Song, Morning, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I tell the songwriter's story. When I read people's lyrics, I'm so amazed. I want to tell this story and make it part of my life. I usually can't write lyrics down, but I can sure tell that story. You've got to make people feel the hurt and love in each song.

  Sharon Jones

  Song, Hurt, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I remember going into a raggedy studio, still with my work uniform on. At the time, I was driving money trucks for Wells Fargo, so I had my gun and hat, which weighed me down in the heat. It was 97 degrees here in New York, and they had to turn the air conditioner off because it was too loud. So, I say, "Damn, it's hot in here!" That's how we came up with the song, "Damn, It's Hot." It was from our soul. We just got together, sang and made our own lyrics.

  Sharon Jones

  Song, New York, Gun

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm grateful to be alive, because I really did not think I was going to be alive, onstage performing songs.

  Sharon Jones

  Song, Grateful, Thinking

  "Sharon Jones on soul music, cancer, and Leonardo DiCaprio". Interview with Kyle Fowle, music.avclub.com. January 15, 2014.

• I've got these five-pound weights and a treadmill in the living room. I work out the other parts that have affected my voice: my diaphragm - doctors took mine out in surgery - and my lungs. I've got to build back my legs, too, so I can run across that stage. I've got a lot to do, but I'm going to get out, sing songs and tell the stories.

  Sharon Jones

  Running, Song, Doctors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I often call Daptone the Motown and Stax of today. But in some ways it's different. At Motown, a lot of the musicians didn't get recognized, music got stolen, and people didn't get paid. Or the label would just throw them a pinch of money for their songs. That is one thing we're not doing. Anything anyone writes here, we get a percentage.

  Sharon Jones

  Song, Writing, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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