#song

Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don’t care, I’m still free You can’t take the sky from me Take me out to the black Tell them I ain’t comin’ back Burn the land and boil the sea You can’t take the sky from me There’s no place I can be Since I found Serenity But you can’t take the sky from me… ↗

— Joss Whedon

#character-strength #firefly #freedom #music #song-lyrics

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#best #bridges #change #choruses #figured

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#i #known #other #songs #than

A Quarkbeast is a small hyena-shaped creature that is covered in leathery scales and often described as: 'One tenth Labrador, six-tenths velociraptor and three-tenths kitchen food blender. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#jasper #jasper-fforde #quarkbeast #the-song-of-the-quarkbeast #food

You win some, you learn some. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#music-lyrics #ponder-this #song-lyrics #inspirational

Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#bring #engineer #mike #recorded #songs

I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market. ↗

— Bryan White

#born #cater #certain #certain way #commercial

I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#am #going #having #i #i am

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did. ↗

— Adele

#deeper #definitely #did #drew #first

I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were like, 'Just seeng!' And I was like, 'I don't know how to seeng! Can't I just play the triangle?' ↗

— Malin Akerman

#american idol #auditions #before #first #guys