#song

When I think about the songs I might record, I ask myself, 'Can I picture anybody I know back home sitting in their truck cranking this up?' ↗

— Blake Shelton

#anybody #ask #back #cranking #home

We stand on our songs and we stand on the songs that we wrote for other people. That gives us a higher platform. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#higher #other #our #people #platform

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#both #child #could #ear #fool

Nobody in my family was musical. I had no idea you could be a songwriter and make a living at it. It was all discovery. It was all just thrown at me. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#discovery #family #had #i #idea

Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

#attention #cannot #career #done #every

Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where? ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#first #first time #i #me #release

The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#being #boots #brand #gratitude #hit

Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#along #comes #discovered #films #gave

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

— Elliott Smith

#feel #how #i #i feel #just

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#i #i always #know #lifetime #musician