Song Quotes - Page 12

• Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

  Casey Kasem

  Used, Used To Be

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• I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.

  Nanci Griffith

  Views, Stories, Point Of View

  "Nanci Griffith finds her voice again". Interview with Quinn Brown, www.cnn.com. August 6, 2009.

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• I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.

  Chuck D

  Believe, Albums, Release

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. June 13, 2001.

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• I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22. It's called show business: The word 'business' is in it, and you've got to be a businessman. But then again, you have to be true to yourself as an artist.

  Donny Osmond

  Artist, Play, Safe

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• I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple of times and hear the song and the lyrics and sing it for you after a couple of plays.

  Ronnie Milsap

  Couple, Play, Piano

  "Ronnie Milsap's Gospel Music". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• I love the 'Delilah' show. I've been listening to it for years and years. It's incredible. She's always got a song for the right occasion. Many people call in, maybe their spirit it a little down, and she lifts them up. She is really somebody special. She's a lifeline to a lot of people.

  Ronnie Milsap

  Years, People, Listening

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• I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.

  LaToya Jackson

  People, Enjoy

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• The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

  Chris Martin

  Perfect, Goal, Trying

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• I'd love to be an artist that's multifaceted. At the moment, I am not. But wouldn't that be cool if I was like, 'Yeah, let me pull out my guitar and play you a song.' I would adore that. I am so far not gifted in that way. But I am a very hard worker and a very determined person, so who knows?

  Anne Hathaway

  Hard Work, Artist, Guitar

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• In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

  Kate Smith

  Years, Amazed

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• I learn my songs by ear.

  Kate Smith

  Ears

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• I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.

  M. Ward

  Giving, Perspective, Sound

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• I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.

  M. Ward

  People, Records, Interpretation

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• I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.

  M. Ward

  Believe, Personal Values, I Believe

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• I don't like the way recording to digital sounds. Most of the time when I'm recording to 2-inch tape, I still have a romantic vision of how songs sounded coming out of the radio when I was younger, and how they sounded coming out of my little four-track cassette player.

  M. Ward

  Player, Two, Track

  "M. Ward's Metallica phase". Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. May 3, 2007.

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• It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?

  M. Ward

  Fun, Way, Produce

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• Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation. But the pen must come in to tighten it up.

  Glen Hansard

  Writing, Hands, Way

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• There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.

  Glen Hansard

  Writing, People, Down And

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• I love a good road trip. And I have been known to sing cheesy '80s songs at the top of my lungs on a windy road when no one can hear.

  Morena Baccarin

  Cheesy, Road Trip, Windy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my solo record, there's definitely a different kind of feel than Billy's songs.

  James Iha

  Together, Different, Band

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• It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.

  James Iha

  Trying, Band, Done

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• At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.

  James Iha

  Writing, Player, Hours In The Day

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• None of Your Business.' It's the only Salt-N-Pepa song that I regret.

  Cheryl James

  Regret, Salt, None Of Your Business

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• As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.

  Lisa Loeb

  People, Musician, Certain

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• I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs.

  Lisa Loeb

  Simple, Games, Use

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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