#song

Each song, you're telling a story and acting. ↗

— Patti Page

#each #song #story #telling #you

Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special effects overkill. She leaves little space in them for emotional depth or unscripted rapport with the audience. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#audience #catchy #concerts #depth #effects

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#expect #i #like #me #old

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#i #old #playing #probably #serious

Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#arrived #because #better #between #fine

As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#also #always #beings #close #common

If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it entirely, and we don't try to piece together clever diplomacy but just wage a total war, our children will sing great songs about us years from now. ↗

— Richard Perle

#children #clever #diplomacy #embrace #entirely

Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I had no idea what for or who I was going to work with. I tried to find my way and direction. ↗

— Glenn Tipton

#crawl #decided #die #direction #find

Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and is still happening. I have to remember that this is what I wished for and be grateful because there are 500 other girls right behind me that are ready to snatch it up. ↗

— Katy Perry

#because #behind #costume #ever #glittering

I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boobs. People are buying my songs; I have a sold-out tour. I'm getting incredible feedback from my music. ↗

— Katy Perry

#boobs #buying #care #feedback #getting