#songs

This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#i #i can #opera #rock #songs

I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#called #hype #i #keen #music

I do want people to know that the songs that I wrote when I was with women were really about women. And the songs that I've written since have been fairly obvious about men. ↗

— George Michael

#been #fairly #i #i do #know

I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A. ↗

— Teena Marie

#i #i write #keys #lot #probably

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute. ↗

— Bruno Mars

#doing #every #hit #i #knew

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've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#around #artist #center #come #context

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