Song Quotes - Page 32

• I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing.

  Lionel Richie

  Pain, World, Cleansing

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

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• I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass by playing a song, or tape songs off of the radio. At that time, there was such an excitement around hip-hop music.

  Michael Rapaport

  New York, Cities, Car

  "Michael Rapaport’s Vision Quest". Interview with Steven Prigge, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 24, 2011.

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• When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."

  Michael Rapaport

  Kids, Wild Side, Firsts

  "Michael Rapaport’s Vision Quest". Interview with Steven Prigge, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 24, 2011.

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• When I finished a song that I thought was good, I thought, I don't know where that came from, so I have no idea if I can do that again. I'm talking like, a hundred and fifty songs down the line. I still feel that.

  Trevor Rabin

  Talking, Ideas, Fifty

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

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• I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

  Elliott Smith

  Writing, People, Feels

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• Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant.

  Emeli Sande

  Instant

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• I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.

  Emeli Sande

  Believe, Artist, People

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• I feel like 'Next To Me' is a great introduction because it's a simple song that has a simple message for me. I wanted to introduce something that lyrically I'm proud of and introduces me both as an artist and as a writer.

  Emeli Sande

  Artist, Simple, Proud

  "Emeli Sande: The other Adele goes from med school to music" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. June 05, 2012.

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• There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.

  Katey Sagal

  Writing, Kind, Wonderful

  "'Sons of Anarchy's' Katey Sagal talks about her other life, as a singer". Interview with Susan Carpenter, latimesblogs.latimes.com. September 29, 2010.

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• Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

  Ryan Tedder

  Christian, Spiritual, Writing

  "Producer-songwriter Ryan Tedder has the golden touch". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 29, 2008.

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• I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.

  Jeff Lynne

  Nice, Trying, Shapes

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• When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff until you really thrashed at it for a few weeks.

  Jeff Lynne

  Littles, Kind, Week

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• I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.

  Randy Newman

  Complaining, Records, Blame

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• The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.

  Nancy Sinatra

  Gratitude, Names, Boots

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

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• Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.

  Nancy Sinatra

  Real, Years, Film

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

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• Being a rock musician is already like ego-tripping hardcore. You're self-consumed, and you're always thinking. It's really easy to say, "I'm going to write a song about this situation, and when I'm done, everyone will care." To everybody else, that's ego-tripping.

  Ryan Adams

  Writing, Thinking, Rocks

  Interview with Amanda Petrusich, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2004.

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• So don't get me wrong, I love my songs, and I still love hearing them. That's history, baby.

  Ronnie Spector

  Baby, Hearing, Stills

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• I'm scared of karaoke. I think if I did have a go to karaoke song, it would be 'Whatta Man' by Salt-n-Pepa.

  Yvonne Strahovski

  Men, Thinking, Would Be

  "Exclusive: Yvonne Strahovski Talks KILLER ELITE, the Final Season of CHUCK & Working With Streisand and Rogen in MY MOTHER’S CURSE". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. September 19, 2011.

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• I'm able to come and do a new sound and grow even more and make greater songs because my song-making abilities have grown.

  Will Ferrell

  Sound, Able, Ability

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things.

  Josh Turner

  Certain

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• If my life was a song the title would probably be 'Clumsy', 'cause I'm clumsy.

  Pia Toscano

  Causes, Titles, Ifs

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• I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

  Richard Thompson

  Hands, Three, Quarters

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• Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white soul. He's singing and he's writing songs from the bottom of his gut.

  Robin Thicke

  Writing, White, Guy

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• My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

  Robin Trower

  Arrangements

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• Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't realize this, but I am an excellent writer for artists.

  Tila Tequila

  Fun, Writing, Artist

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