Writing Songs Quotes - Page 10

• Miley is always on, she’s always funny, she’s always writing songs, she’s always making music. The parallel of the film is like Miley says, going back to her home, going back to her roots. Getting back to Tennessee was art imitating life imitating art.

  Billy Ray Cyrus

  Song, Art, Home

  "Hannah Montana: The Movie - Billy Ray Cyrus interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to write. I wanted to try to make some more upbeat songs, so, I ended up gravitating toward writing songs with friends, which was a great learning process, and also we came up with great songs. Those are the songs that came out the most naturally.

  Priscilla Ahn

  Song, Writing, Trying

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• I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Song, Writing, Pieces

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• When I was writing songs, I always thought I'd make more of a career out of the drawings, the comics even more than the music.

  Daniel Johnston

  Song, Writing, Careers

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think I always thought of the guitar as the vehicle to be able to make some musical idea up. The only appeal to learning more chords was having more chords to put into songs. I never got too wrapped up in becoming technically good. So writing songs happened pretty simultaneously with learning how to play the guitar.

  Jeff Tweedy

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's amazing to know that 5 years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing for Michael Jackson. I'd be a fool not to say it's a dream come true.

  R. Kelly

  Dream, Song, Writing

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• I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken and you go shopping.

  Nikka Costa

  Song, Writing, Heart

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• I'm blessed, because I enjoy every part of my life. I enjoy writing songs. I've been trying to write songs since I was five years old.

  Smokey Robinson

  Song, Blessed, Writing

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

  Courtney Barnett

  Song, Writing, Guitar

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

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• When I'm writing songs, I write visually. When I'm writing the words down and I listen to the melody and the lyrics, I start seeing the video form. And if I can get through a song and from the beginning to the end have the whole video in my mind, I think that's a great song.

  Christian Kane

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

  Darren Criss

  Song, Writing, People

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• Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought.

  Toby Keith

  Song, Writing, Eye

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• Originally I was not writing songs for myself

  Smokey Robinson

  Song, Writing

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• One have our biggest challenges if making sure that we are staying true to the mission that we feel called to do, which is writing songs for the church and helping the church connect with God. While the global ministry grows and the influence has been blessed in an amazing way, we are really conscious about staying focused on the families that come into our church every weekend and making sure that we're meeting their needs for whatever season they're in.

  Reuben Morgan

  Song, Blessed, Writing

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say it' attitude of my songs. There really is nothing personal or private; it's all universal, if you can just find the courage to be open about your life.

  Ani DiFranco

  Song, Attitude, Writing

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• When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like you. You end up sounding like somebody else. You end up getting what the record company thinks they can market.

  Mike Dirnt

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• I like the process of writing songs. It makes me feel good.

  Colin Hay

  Song, Writing, Feel Good

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• I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do.

  Pixie Lott

  Song, Writing, Albums

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• I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it.

  Van Morrison

  Song, Hate, Writing

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• Actually, my first group was a folkloric group, an Argentine folkloric group when I was 10. By the time I was 11 or 12 I started writing songs in English. And then after a while of writing these songs in English it came to me that there was no reason for me to sing in English because I lived in Argentina and also there was something important [about Spanish], so I started writing in Spanish.

  Gustavo Santaolalla

  Song, Writing, Important

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• I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

  Cheyenne Kimball

  Song, Writing, Want

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• The first song I wrote and had published was titled "Just As Long As That Someone Is You". It was written in 1959, and recorded in 1965 by Jimmy Ellege. I started writing songs because I wanted something of my own to sing. I, at that time, was not aware that the songs I heard on the radio were not written by the folks singing them. I had always loved poetry, and found it easy to integrate a melody with poetry.

  Mickey Newbury

  Song, Writing, Long

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• Sometimes, what probably makes writing songs really easy is that I've generally been attracted to situations that aren't always the healthiest.

  Sara Quin

  Song, Writing, Sometimes

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• Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff.

  Matt Nathanson

  Song, Writing, Listening To Others

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in a song should be something I can hear myself saying.

  Craig Finn

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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