#song

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer. ↗

— Josh Silver

#like #other #people #producer #songwriter

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

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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

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in. ↗

— Mel Torme

#medium #per #perform #popular #pretty

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#rather #remembered #song #than #victory