#song

With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much more self reliant and allows me to be in the creative experience without being as dependent on others. ↗

— Helen Slater

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I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. ↗

— Elliott Smith

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It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning. ↗

— Elliott Smith

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I learn my songs by ear. ↗

— Kate Smith

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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed. ↗

— Kate Smith

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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song. ↗

— Kate Smith

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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously. ↗

— Kate Smith

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My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

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Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

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Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

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