#song

I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson

#anyone #beat #catchy #empowering #hear

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs. ↗

— Glenn Hughes

#about #art #art form #carry #condition

Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have. ↗

— Janis Ian

#any #artists #be humble #especially #even

I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact. ↗

— Janis Ian

#ago #asking #back #because #child

I don't think any of our lyrics have ever been erotic in a sexual term, because I haven't really written, touched on, that subject too often. But, uh... I mean, I suppose they could point the finger at us for violence maybe in certain songs. ↗

— Scott Ian

#because #been #certain #could #ever

Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions. ↗

— Scott Ian

#different times #emotions #feelings #having #honest

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#i #natural #songwriting #talent

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#better #blues #feel #finding #funny

If I would get an album out every eight months and if I would write songs that were more up-tempo and try to focus more on making singles, then I could probably get more attention. But I don't think the albums would be very fun to listen to, and it would be a drag for me. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#albums #attention #could #drag #eight

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographical or experimental stuff. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#already #apprenticeship #autobiographical #been #experimental