Greg Graffin Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• It's been an objective of mine since I started writing songs to include both intellect and energy.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Writing, Energy

• I've written almost 200 songs with Bad Religion. No matter where you look in our history, the focus has been trying to instill some of these disturbing realities about the world, some of the implications of evolution into an artistic format that can be interpreted by people who may never study evolution.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Reality, People

• Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about science. The best songs have a strong dose of metaphor. Most songs about science don't have that. Like 'She Blinded Me With Science.' It's a stupid song, no offense to Thomas Dolby.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Strong, Stupid

• The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Sound, Elements

• ....the songs are universal enough that in ten years time they should still hold up quite well.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Years, Enough

• A lot of philosophy is bull***t, but a lot of it is what we write songs about too. And it's organizing your thoughts, organizing your intellect.

  Greg Graffin

  Song, Philosophy, Writing

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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