#songs

Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that. ↗

— Will Oldham

#find #give #hear #i #interactions

The songs from your childhood, when you hear them you get chills all over. ↗

— Vanessa Paradis

#chills #get #hear #over #songs

I write a lot of music in my time off and I compose most of the songs on guitar. I've actually gone into the studio and recorded a few things, but it's tough trying to sell a song. It's all about finding that hook, that melody. ↗

— Scott Patterson

#actually #compose #few #few things #finding

I'm more prone to his '70s material, which is what I was around for and watched a lot. I listen to a lot of that stuff. It probably influenced me quite a bit. I'm more drawn to the darker, sadder songs. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#bit #darker #drawn #his #i

It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side. ↗

— Priscilla Presley

#being #career #dark #dark side #down

I quite like childlike songs, which sometimes cross over. ↗

— Alan Price

#cross #i #like #over #quite

The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#bands #business #cameras #difficult #expression

Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.' ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#also #before #call #come #fresh

So don't get me wrong, I love my songs, and I still love hearing them. That's history, baby. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#get #hearing #history #i #i love

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there? ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#great #happy #how #many #songs