#songs

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#cry #deal #far #horrible #i

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way. ↗

— James Taylor

#being #being quiet #discovery #emotional #emotional experiences

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well. ↗

— James Taylor

#certainly #does #everything #god #i

People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time. ↗

— James Taylor

#long #long time #people #songs #style

I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#had #i #instrument #lots #mother

By the end of it, you never know how it's going to turn out. Hopefully if I pick the right songs and put the right melodies on it and all the collaboration works out. it's a win-win situation. ↗

— Paul Taylor

#end #going #hopefully #how #i

I like to do cover songs if I really love them, I have to love the song first. ↗

— Paul Taylor

#first #i #like #love #really

In earlier times, so many people sang much more. You know as a kid you'd go to some kind of religious training and or summer camp or whatever it was and you'd learn to sing a lot of songs. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#earlier #go #kid #kind #know

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself. ↗

— Chris Daughtry

#enough #express #got #guitar #i

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#feminist #hero #i #i write #know