As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.
Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.
I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful.
U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.
I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do.
If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.
Songs. Books. Poetry. Paintings. These things reveal truth. I believe lies and truth are tangled together.
Every day, somebody has a song they want you to hear, and you're stupid if you don't listen to it because you never know what you may find.
I never enjoyed making videos, even though the 'Total Eclipse' video was nominated for a Grammy along with the song. We lost out to the 'Billie Jean' video.
I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.
When I'm old I shall give up writing the big stuff and shall wander round the park thinking of songs.
I had tremendous fun fooling around with the way people talked about songs, just the way that became another way of understanding the world.
Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.
I do not wanna write a song like 'Coathanger' so Andrew Breitbart can rage against me on his web site. It's not my idea of fun.
I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang.
I learnt early on that your audience take the songs in the way they want to rather than the way you might want them too.
Behind every dancer there’s someone that broke her, a song that moved her, a moment that inspired her and a dance floor that healed her.
I have been writing songs and poems since I was a little girl. I started writing short scripts, which evolved into the idea for a book.
Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album.
Gay diversity is like the Village People. You can all wear different stupid outfits as long as you sing the same stupid song.
