#songs

The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

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Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

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I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands. ↗

— Richard Thompson

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My songs are just little letters to me. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

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Downloading songs is not good. ↗

— Obie Trice

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I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape. ↗

— Andrew Dost

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I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working in, he heard my music and he said, aw man, I've got to do something with you. ↗

— Alan Vega

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You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road. ↗

— Mel Tillis

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I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites. ↗

— Tom Waits

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Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs. ↗

— Tom Waits

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