Song Quotes - Page 27

• A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.

  Natasha Bedingfield

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

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• I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.

  Natasha Bedingfield

  Jobs, Writing, Records

  "Portrait of the artist: Natasha Bedingfield, singer". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2007.

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• I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.

  Samantha Barks

  Fun, People, Karaoke

  "Next Factor Q&A: 'Les Miserables' Star Samantha Barks". Interview with Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. December 19, 2012.

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• I feel like my songs are like diary entries for me. So I usually write about things that have happened to me specifically or sometimes it can be someone who's close to me.

  Sara Bareilles

  Writing, Diaries, Sometimes

  "Sara Bareilles' New Album!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. June 8, 2010.

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• Nobody ever thinks a song is about them. Well, not when it's mean. When it's a good song everybody thinks it's about them. And when it's mean, nobody thinks it's about them.

  Sara Bareilles

  Mean, Thinking, Wells

  "Sara Bareilles' New Album!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. June 8, 2010.

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• I'm not too picky about guitars. I love to collect them, mostly oddballs, but I'm not married to any brand or model. Whatever guitar has the best character for the song is the one I want to use, because if you've got a style, you're going to sound like yourself no matter what guitar you play.

  Dan Auerbach

  Character, Guitar, Play

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• I got tired of playing other people's songs.

  Gregg Allman

  Tired, People, Individuality

  Interview with Paul Harris, www.harrisonline.com. December 13, 1997.

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• When no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start selling records, you can't really justify having two songs in Cadillac commercials. It looks greedy. And it is greedy. This whole music thing should be about music.

  Patrick Carney

  Two, Looks, Records

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• If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laughing or you can look three people down and they love that song that you love. It is living proof that you are not alone.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Two, People, Laughing

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

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• Sometimes you have trouble because someone 'likes' your music so much. They follow you around for hours singing little bits of the songs, or just freaking out.

  Eugene Chadbourne

  Singing, Littles, Likes

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• Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.

  Glen Campbell

  People, Able, Way

  Glen Campbell, Tom Carter (1994). “Rhinestone cowboy: an autobiography”

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• I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.

  Joe Cocker

  Rays, Able

  "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.

  Joe Cocker

  Moving, Want, Way

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

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• I auditioned for a solo in church and got it. I was about seven and I sang a song called, 'Jesus, I Heard You Had a Big House' and I remember people standing up at the end and me thinking, 'Oh, I think I'm going to like this.' That's how it all began. Sounds funny to say you got your start in church, but I did.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Jesus, Thinking, People

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• I knew the full 'Judy Garland Carnegie Hall' double album set at age 2. And then my mother wondered why I was gay. I was like, 'Are you nuts? You would make me get on the table to sing Judy Garland songs and you're upset?

  Mario Cantone

  Mother, Gay, Nuts

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• There are no rules to writing a song.

  Randy Castillo

  Writing

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• John Lennon was a musical genius. All I have to do is think of some of his songs and even the titles make me feel good... and I'm not the only one. His music has crossed cultures and even generations.

  Ray Comfort

  Thinking, Musical Genius, Feel Good

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• I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people.

  Shawn Colvin

  Writing, Thinking, Years

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• Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with my family. Christian music became the music that I identified myself with and was a way that I expressed my faith. Even at a public school I would take my Christian music in and play it for my friends.

  Steven Curtis Chapman

  Christian, Dad, Real

  "Steven Curtis Chapman: Reckless Faith". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

  Steven Curtis Chapman

  Artist, People, Watches

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• I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

  Tom Conti

  Writing, One Day, Havens

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• I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, 'But this song is so much better than this song,' and then I kind of ditch that song. It's a long process.

  Fefe Dobson

  Writing, Long, People

  "Febe Dobson Haunts Her Ex In 'Ghost' Video - Watch It Here!" by Mawuse Ziegbe, www.mtv.com. June 25, 2010.

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• A little child in Ethiopia will die before this song is through.

  Rod Stewart

  Peace, Children, Special

  Song: Ghetto Blaster, Album: Body Wishes

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• Old school Janet Jackson is always good. I usually go old school, it's very rare that I pick a song from nowadays.

  Jenna Dewan

  School, Old School, Picks

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

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• I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't get me wrong. Excellent, excellent musicians; great band; awesome harmony; great song writers; I just don't know anything besides, I guess, the popular songs on the radio.

  Phil Anselmo

  Musician, Band, Radio

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

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