#song

People take songs so literally. ↗

— Richard Marx

#people #songs #take

We were interested in this notion of compression- a lot of the songs were really short so that you'd absorb them in memory rather than when you're actually hearing them. ↗

— Arto Lindsay

#actually #hearing #interested #lot #memory

I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs. ↗

— Bob Livingston

#blues #i #sad #sad songs #songs

I stepped back from being out front to playing bass. So we started switching: I'd play bass on one song, we'd switch on the next song; I'd play piano... we'd play mandolin. ↗

— Bob Livingston

#bass #being #front #i #mandolin

But mostly, I wrote songs and Viv wrote songs. ↗

— Neil Innes

#mostly #songs #viv #wrote

I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#better #done #everything #feel #grow

You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with the Pet Shop Boys it's primarily about the songs, it's about song writing. ↗

— Chris Lowe

#bogged #down #forget #get #pet

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#everything #how #i #i do #interested

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#always #behind #engaging #even #haven

Songs remain. They last. The right song can turn an emperor into a laughing-stock, can bring down dynasties. A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams are gone. That's the power of songs. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#songs #dreams