#song

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. ↗

— John Legend

#artists #i #i always #me #myself

Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#baltimore #black #born #cans #coal

I like songs that go to different places and then come back. ↗

— Sean Lennon

#come #different #different places #go #i

Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult. ↗

— Peter Steele

#finding #fresh #quite #sometimes #song

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. ↗

— Mike Stoller

#black music #interest #music #only #our

I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#bus #get #i #ideas #just

To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#bunch #down #get #goes #into

There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him. ↗

— Teena Marie

#bring #could #everything #friends #go

It more or less has the shape of a love song, but 'Crescent Moon' reflects more my longing for an ancient romantic context that includes wild animals, fire, danger of death, stellar navigation, and seasonal intuition. ↗

— Frank Black

#context #danger #death #fire #includes

I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have. ↗

— Martina McBride

#full #goal #great #i #i always