#rites

There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want 10 seconds of something, or they may only want this particular song, or they want this group of songs. It becomes much more user-controlled. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#becomes #collection #create #group #may

No, I think that a person writes a poem because they have an inner urge of something that they want to express, and I think it's that inner urge that you want to express when you write a piece of music. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

#express #i #i think #inner #music

I wanted to be that quirky girl who writes funny songs that still have meaning. ↗

— Katy Perry

#girl #i #meaning #quirky #songs

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#books #fellow #finds #his #i

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#almost #bengali #classical #classical music #european

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred. ↗

— Jules Renard

#hundred #matter #page #quantity #talent

One of my favorites is 'The Sound of Music'. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up. ↗

— Mark Roberts

#andrews #blow #favorites #gust #head

We always play clubs. It's not something that I feel above. Those are my favorite shows because they're intimate, they're tight, their sweaty, they're hot. You're close to the people. Those are my favorites. ↗

— Joan Jett

#always #because #close #clubs #favorite

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#elite #i #long #more #observed

I would love to work with Nickleback. I think they're an incredible band. One of my favorites. ↗

— JoJo

#favorites #i #i think #incredible #love