#song

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#artist #because #bells #bells and whistles #big

I'm not a drama person, but when you can make a movie in song form in three-and-a-half minutes, it's surreal. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#form #i #make #minutes #movie

When a song gets its legs and begins to come to me, this is the euphoric hook that keeps me wanting to continue. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#come #continue #euphoric #gets #hook

But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics. ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#lyrics #picked #point #reins #song

I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid. ↗

— Neko Case

#am #another #anyone #being #comes

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#approach #between #concept #connections #everyone

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#combination #comes #felt #i #influences

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#freddie #freddie mercury #growing #growing up #his

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#again #close #country #country music #drunk

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you. ↗

— Eric Church

#around #come #ideas #just #key