#songs

We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds. ↗

— Ruth St. Denis

#messages #night #receive #songs #stars

We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs. ↗

— John Denver

#call #choices #conscious #heart #i

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#entertain #i #just #like #myself

For me, I go in and play a few Christian songs for an audience, and now I have people come up and not tell me I'm great, but tell me that my music is helping save their lives, helping them in the Lord, and helping them end their vices. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#christian #come #end #few #go

It's nice that there are movies and songs about romance - it's what motivates us as human beings. I'm all for being brainwashed by rom-coms. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#being #beings #brainwashed #human #human beings

I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#artists #direction #extreme #haven #i

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

#always #any #attempt #critical #doing

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

— Richard Thompson

#i #instrument #probably #songs #three-quarters

My songs are just little letters to me. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#letters #little #me #songs

Songs are life in 80 words or less. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#life #songs #words