#song

I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song. ↗

— Bruno Mars

#guy #i #screams #smash #song

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#because #elusive #hard #hold #how

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#conclusion #done #i #just #kind

You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#hear #makes #quartet #sense #some

I'm free to make music - I'm sitting on about 40 or 45 new songs that I can't wait to put out. ↗

— Cliff Martinez

#free #i #make #music #new

As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award. ↗

— Richard Marx

#because #better #celebrate #i #luther

But I'm just having fun playing and giving Botox injections to the older songs. ↗

— Richard Marx

#fun #giving #having #having fun #i

I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too. ↗

— Richard Marx

#day #decided #fans #front #i

I didn't want my last chapter to be the guy who sits at the piano and sings love songs. ↗

— Richard Marx

#guy #i #last #love #love songs

I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do. ↗

— Richard Marx

#batch #ever #i #laid #myself