#song

I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

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Singing your own songs is all about individual expression. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

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Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

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When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

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I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

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Sometimes a song that didn't make one record will stay in my head for so long and just won't go away. I take that as a hint to keep 'em close and not forget about them. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#away #close #forget #go #go away

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability. ↗

— Barry Mann

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We became the songs we wrote. ↗

— Barry Mann

#songs #wrote

I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response was to just not be able to write anymore. I know that's not the healthiest of responses. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#any #anymore #enough #good #healthiest

I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor. ↗

— Aimee Mann

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