#song

You know when I really realized like "wow" what a gift this is was when I sang at camp and a girl wrote me a letter and said the song that I sung kept her from committing suicide. ↗

— Charles King

#committing #gift #girl #her #i

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#feminist #hero #i #i write #know

It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are? ↗

— Jakob Dylan

#gross #how #i #interesting #little

When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I can hear their praying, and sometimes I hum one of their songs. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#church #hear #hum #i #i can

I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business. ↗

— Randy Travis

#awards #business #having #i #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

Songs suffer at the mercy of the performer. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#performer #songs #suffer

Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#confused #itself #performing #songwriting #unto

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about! ↗

— Layne Staley

#down #listen #songs #things #think

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers. ↗

— Layne Staley

#changes #day #day to day #life #meaning