#songs

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#because #elusive #hard #hold #how

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#conclusion #done #i #just #kind

You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#hear #makes #quartet #sense #some

I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#i #know #lot #means #relationship

I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks. ↗

— John Mayer

#order #release #songs #stick #tracks

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart. ↗

— Diana Ross

#actress #am #first #foremost #heart

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#got #group #i #knew #long

Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#i #loved #putting #songs #together

I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty I'm Indebted to rest respecting it truly ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #beauty #creation #creativity #credit

The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true. ↗

— Michael McKean

#any #depends #exactly #gone #i