#song

I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine. ↗

— John Mayall

#i #i always #make #pick #players

I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do. ↗

— Jewel

#day #fun #had #homeless #i

They gave me four weeks, and I asked if the first week could be just music with the two main conductors. So, the conductors came over to my home, and we worked in the music room, and I learned my two little songs. ↗

— Rue McClanahan

#came #conductors #could #first #four

I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them. ↗

— Page McConnell

#bands #growing #growing up #guitar #i

I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#depth #i #off #pull #record

If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure in doing the vocal on a number that you can put feeling into. ↗

— Vaughn Monroe

#deal #doing #every #every time #feeling

Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through the motions you might as well just do any gig that caused you to do repetitive motions like banging a hammer or serving fries. ↗

— Ronnie Montrose

#attempting #banging #caused #felt #fries

You've got to separate the singer and the songs. ↗

— Van Morrison

#separate #singer #songs #you

My friends gave me the first songs which was the first food in my soul for me. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#food #friends #gave #me #my soul

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#casting #certain #certain feeling #feeling #generosity