#songs

Musicians add to songs and they evolve: For as was true of human effort, there was never advancement. Everything added meant something lost, and about as often as not the thing lost was preferable to the thing gained, so that over time we'd be lucky if we just broke even. Any thought otherwise was empty pride. p. 380 ↗

— Charles Frazier

#music #songs #life

from private flood. / Drama of each season / plots doom from above, / yet all allergic reason / moves to our minor love ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#trio-of-love-songs #love

A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs said. ↗

— Patti Callahan Henry

#country-songs #men #ocean #summer #men

Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?" They don't make songs when the good lose," I muttered. "They make war chants against the bad. So there won't be any songs for us. ↗

— Sherwood Smith

#good #inspirational #songs #inspirational

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#best #bridges #change #choruses #figured

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#i #known #other #songs #than

Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#bring #engineer #mike #recorded #songs

I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market. ↗

— Bryan White

#born #cater #certain #certain way #commercial

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did. ↗

— Adele

#deeper #definitely #did #drew #first

There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's. ↗

— Peter Hook

#finished #par #seven #siren #songs