I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs.
I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way.
Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.
Listen to the silent whisper of your soul and then let your heart dance with song.
I am not a human being but the song of the soul and dance of the spirit.
Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us.
As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.
The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.
The first song is called 'London.' It's about two Russian soldiers who desert the Russian army and escape to London, where they indulge in a life of crime.
My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.
When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it.
In song the same rule applies as in dramatic verse: the meaning must yield itself, or yield itself sufficiently to arouse the attention and interest, in real time.
There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.
People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time.
Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something.
I think a lot of it is that we used to tour so much that we never really had time to write songs.
I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.
Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech.
I didn't really like 'You Raise Me Up' at the time we recorded it; now it's my favourite Westlife song.
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.
