#song

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

— Gregg Allman

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When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words. ↗

— Keren Ann

#exact #inspired #into #mood #more

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. ↗

— Paul Anka

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I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes. ↗

— Paul Anka

#get #had #i #just #my own

So you can have your program, but you also have to be ready to change it immediately because there are certain kinds of people who like certain kinds of songs and they like - some people want to dance when you come out, some people just want to be intimate with you. So you kind of feel your way through a show. ↗

— Nickolas Ashford

#because #certain #certain kinds #change #come

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. ↗

— Louis Armstrong

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My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

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Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers. ↗

— Les Baxter

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I don't care about the rules. In fact, if I don't break the rules at least 10 times in every song then I'm not doing my job properly. ↗

— Jeff Beck

#break #care #doing #every #fact

Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident. ↗

— Natasha Hamilton

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