#song

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying. ↗

— Robert Smith

#eyes #faces #get #horrifying #i

'The Taxi Ride,' from my second album, is one people want to hear a lot. I'm consciously trying to walk on the sunny side of the street, to really lift myself into a place of greater positivity, and that's a sad song. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#consciously #greater #hear #i #into

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years. ↗

— Carly Simon

#artistry #been #different #few #gone

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs. ↗

— Paul Simon

#artie #beautifully #boxer #bridge #good

There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get By,' it just writes itself. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#decent #formula #get #i #itself

It's a songwriter's dream to have a song recorded and run up the charts. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#dream #recorded #run #song #songwriter

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs. ↗

— Patti Smith

#doing #enjoyed #i #i always #songs

It may not be the most popular but there is a place for it. I think about the kind of music I love, acoustic, melodic, and I guess it kind of took a bit of courage on my part to think I could be one of those songwriters. ↗

— Helen Slater

#acoustic #bit #could #courage #guess

Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and share it with my family and then we all would figure out instrumentation together. ↗

— Daniel Smith

#acoustic guitar #alone #family #figure #guitar

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not. ↗

— Tennessee Ernie Ford

#find #hit #keep #like #predict