Song Quotes - Page 36

• Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules.

  Will Hermes

  Teacher, Voice, Soul

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• Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, "I'm New Here," doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.

  Will Hermes

  Fighting, Issues, Political

  "A Surprising Record From Gil Scott Heron". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block and Michele Norris, www.npr.org. February 11, 2010.

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• I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.

  Ian MacKaye

  Thinking, People, Needs

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• My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.

  Ian MacKaye

  Real, Mean, Eye

  "Ian MacKaye" by Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. February 20, 2007.

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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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• My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

  Chris Cornell

  Kids, Singing, Important

  "Interview: Chris Cornell on ‘Pearl Jam Twenty,’ reuniting Soundgarden and the impact of the Seattle music scene" by Kristopher Tapley, uproxx.com. October 05, 2011.

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• Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity.

  Chris Cornell

  Responsibility, People, Matter

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• This is a song called 'The Kill.' But don't be scared, it's a nice song. About losing your mind.

  Jared Leto

  Nice, Mind, Losing

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• Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately use something else for the next tune or overdub.

  Keith Richards

  Guitar, Track, Tunes

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• My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.

  Black Francis

  People, Might, Strange

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2006.

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• I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.

  R. Kelly

  Guy, Singing, R Kelly

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Dancing, Singing, Buzz

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• Bob Altman got nothing from the TV series 'M*A*S*H,' and the royalties for the theme song went to his oldest son, Michael, who wrote it as a 15-year-old poet!

  Mitchell Zuckoff

  Years, Bob, Tvs

  "Color of Money Book Club". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. January 29, 2009.

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• I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.

  Sondre Lerche

  Listening, Sound, Want

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• I have this idealistic and maybe naive thought that almost any song can be anything. If you record one song today, it would maybe be exciting and cool. But I could record the same song next week and it would be something completely different.

  Sondre Lerche

  Next Week, Different, Would Be

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• I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard and it gets all messed up. I sometimes sit down and try to write a song with just three chords and it doesn't work.

  Sondre Lerche

  Writing, Simple, Trying

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• It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

  Rico Love

  Writing, Firsts, Heard

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• I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.

  Rico Love

  Cutting, Excuse You, Games

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• I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an artist to give me credit. I know that they're gonna take the credit for everything. But, it's my job to give myself that exposure and not make excuses, not grow bitter.

  Rico Love

  Jobs, Artist, Giving

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• It's just a lot of fun to be able to see your ideas come into fruition. And to see people translate the things that come out of my mind vocally. And to be able to produce vocals and give people my point of view musically. And to be able to sit in the crowd and see people sing the song that I wrote, it's an amazing feeling.

  Rico Love

  Fun, Ideas, Views

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• Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

  Christine Lavin

  Football, Writing, Stopping

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• Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes.

  Bjorn Ulvaeus

  Inspiration, Hard Work, Writing

  "Bjorn Ulvaeus: ABBA star behind Mamma Mia". Interview with Gisella Deputato, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2009.

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• We'll only be playing four new songs live, but all the material for the next album is basically finished.

  Scott Putesky

  Albums, Four, Next

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• What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.

  Scott Putesky

  Band, Particular, Disturbing

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• I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.

  Black Francis

  Boston, Age, Remember

  "Black Francis can't tell Rock Chickens from EGGS" by Scott Thill, www.wired.com. July 30, 2009.

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