Song Quotes - Page 28

• But I knew - in the old days, if a song was a good song, I don't care if it was 'Yellow Submarine' or, you know, or 'The Times They Are a-Changin' or 'Don't Be Cruel', you knew it, you know? You heard that song, and you were talking about it, and you knew it.

  Don McLean

  Talking, Yellow, Submarines

  "'American Pie' Doesn't Belong To Saratoga Springs". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 1, 2011.

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• I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all the songs I've ever written.

  Don McLean

  Stuff, Fantasy, Written

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• I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

  St. Vincent

  Thinking, People, Littles

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• A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition of it means it's subject to change; it means approaching it differently, expressing different emotional aspects of it. It doesn't feel like wallowing.

  St. Vincent

  Mean, Emotional, Different

  "St Vincent: 'I needed to know where the exits were'". Interview with Charlotte Richardson Andrews, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2011.

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• I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had all these ornate arrangements, I didn't have any songs.

  St. Vincent

  Actors, Computer, Instruments

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• 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

  College, Men, Names

  "Allison Williams On 'Girls' (Her First Audition!)" by Irina Aleksander, www.elle.com. April 12, 2012.

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• Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?

  Rufus Wainwright

  Writing, Vision, Use

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

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• It's cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesn't sound too bad.

  Trisha Yearwood

  Husband, Sound, Harmony

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• Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.

  Trisha Yearwood

  Character

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

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• For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Guitar, Were Not Meant To Be, Keyboards

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• I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something like that, are on the cover of guitar magazines. Almost anybody can sit down and learn to play those songs.

  Dweezil Zappa

  Mean, Player, Guitar

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• I'm totally convinced I can write the perfect pop song.

  Moon Unit Zappa

  Writing, Perfect, Pops

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• I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

  Townes Van Zandt

  Depressing, Writing, Guy

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• I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

  Townes Van Zandt

  Writing

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• I want to sing songs which will touch people's hearts.

  Kim Kyu-jong

  Heart, People, Want

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• I want to do music that holds the heart of five members and send a message to my fans with the song.

  Kim Kyu-jong

  Heart, Fans, Want

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• Love is a power greater than death, just like the songs and stories told.

  Andy Biersack

  Love Is, Stories, Greater

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• No matter what you do for a living you should get paid for your work, whether you're washing dishes or recording songs.

  Bif Naked

  Matter, Washing Dishes, Should

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• Songs from the wood make you feel much better.

  Jethro Tull

  Woods, Feels

  Song: Songs from the Wood, 1977

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• No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's probably a reason for it. Don't forget, I wrote most of those songs, music and lyrics.

  Jello Biafra

  Style, Sound, Matter

  "Jello Biafra: 'Obama owes Occupy big time'". Interview with Dom Lawson, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2013.

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• I just get an idea and then all of a sudden I've got a song.

  John Lee Hooker

  Ideas

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• Usually, when you go in to make a record, you have 30 songs, and you record 30 of them, and 12 of them make it to the record.

  Dave Grohl

  Records

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2006.

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• It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

  Dave Grohl

  Play, Band, Your Favorite

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• There's a reason why the Foo Fighters don't blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that's hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn't really come up, or it just hasn't felt right.

  Dave Grohl

  Opportunity, Night, Reason Why

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• I don't look at myself as a celebrity. People recognize me, but it's all about my music, my songs. It's not like I'm a greater being. I take my kids to school, pick them up, go to the grocery store. I'm a mother, and my kids mean more to me than even being an artist.

  Faith Evans

  Mother, Mean, Kids

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