#song

I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn't have crafty pop songs where it sort of didn't matter who played them because they're just really great songs. ↗

— Eric Avery

#because #crafty #feel #great #i

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time! ↗

— Roy Ayers

#always #artists #ever #every #every time

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page. ↗

— Joan Baez

#been #come #crawled #down #good

I like songs that are simple. ↗

— Syd Barrett

#like #simple #songs

I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming out of my mouth. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#barry white #coming #dumb #favorite #his

For me it always comes down to what is a good song and I'm very old fashioned in the way that I like to make songs that have something classic about them whether you can play them with an orchestra or an electro synthesizer or an acoustic guitar. ↗

— Marc Almond

#acoustic #acoustic guitar #always #classic #comes

Knowing what I knew about Russia, as much as I loved the music and was fascinated by the songs and the whole idea of it, I knew it would be a very lengthy and frustrating process. ↗

— Marc Almond

#fascinated #frustrating #i #idea #knew

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#i #interesting #like #looking #make

I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said. ↗

— Jeff Ament

#everything #i #just #room #said

It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs. ↗

— Keren Ann

#atmospheres #fiction #i #mixture #moods