#song

I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular. ↗

— John Denver

#get #good #good fortune #good songs #great

I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#i #into #kind #make #put

I just remembered songs my grandmother taught me, and songs that I learned for the recordings. But, then I learned to speak Italian. When I was there, I hired a professor who stayed with me 24 hours a day. She wouldn't let me speak a word of English. ↗

— Connie Francis

#english #grandmother #hired #hours #i

I was never encouraged to do it and I played the accordion, which I hated. I wish I had taken piano because I definitely would have written more songs of my own, but I didn't. ↗

— Connie Francis

#because #definitely #encouraged #had #hated

When I first started out, I thought it was enough to make an angry song that pointed out the problems of the world. ↗

— Michael Franti

#enough #first #i #make #out

As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs. ↗

— David Friedman

#i #itself #me #part #person

I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn't matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you've taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song. ↗

— Peter Gabriel

#attempts #bit #early #hasn #i

I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.' ↗

— Lady Gaga

#art #bit #call #city #doing

I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams. ↗

— Celine Dion

#business #dreams #feel #go #helps

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O. ↗

— Ira Gershwin

#lot #music #song #without