#song

People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records. ↗

— Trace Adkins

#been #candy #commercial #experience #get

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

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#songs #ways #write

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting. ↗

— David Antin

#centuries #circles #commonplace #like #literary

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#i #inward #ivory #just #live

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#genre #great #hear #help #i

A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#more #much #people #row #screaming

I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not that kind of a fan. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#being #fan #i #kind #mentality