#song

My mother carried on and supported us; her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. ↗

— Philip Levine

#been #carried #had #her #mother

I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't have a radio on the farm, and it was during the second World War. I had three brothers in that war who went overseas. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#brothers #cause #chicago #during #farm

In the Top 40, half the songs are secret messages to the teen world to drop out, turn on, and groove with the chemicals and light shows at discotheques. ↗

— Art Linkletter

#drop #groove #half #light #messages

All I want a song to do is just to kind of present an idea. ↗

— John Mayer

#idea #just #kind #present #song

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#destined #divided #hungary #into #melody

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#especially #expression #give #inspiration #singing

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#books #ears #figure #fingers #friend

Dweezil and I are going on tour with the band probably starting in the middle of February for a month probably playing a few songs from my new record and then I'll continue on after that tour. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#band #continue #february #few #going

I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#i #make #puzzles #simple #simple words

I've made music for grownups most of my life as a singer/songwriter - often with my band, Nine Stories - recorded many albums, and 10 years ago I started recording kid's music, too. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#albums #band #grownups #i #kid