#songs

I can understand someone not liking the voice or the songs. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

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I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#different #different thing #folk #folk music #i

It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that are designed for songs, but they're always poems first. ↗

— Jason Newsted

#art #designed #done #enough #first

The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way. ↗

— Marty Robbins

#comes #great #just #leave #out

We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I didn't know what to think cuz we were just joking around. ↗

— Lil' Romeo

#cuz #dad #i #joking #just

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#i can #most #people #recorded #say

Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#except #had #little #perform #really

I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will tell you, happy songs are a million times more difficult to write than sad songs. ↗

— Malcolm Wilson

#any #because #bewitched #difficult #ever

We started out when I was 6 years old. We played ukuleles and sang Everly Brothers songs. ↗

— Edgar Winter

#everly #i #old #out #played

If I knew what to do I'd do more than write a song for you ↗

— Criss Jami

#confusion #love #lyrics #musician #poet