I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.
Songs are memories... Either u smile or get a tear in your eyes..
Any Michael Jackson song will make any dancer go nuts.
Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
I've played the guitar since I was 12, and just taught myself songs chord by chord.
It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.
The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with.
The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.
I understand what songs like 'Mr Brightside' mean to people. They will last forever.
I grew up listening to the Police, I grew up performing in bars, singing Police songs.
If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.
I'd written songs with lots of people, from one spectrum to the other.
The Grand Ole Opry is an artist, and I am proud to be one of its songs.
I don't do every song that comes my way; I'm very choosy.
To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.
You know, Rolling Stones songs all sound kind of the same.
We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.
That jam was so much fun that by the end of the tour, we just jammed on all of the songs.
Sharing the stage while singing my songs was a bit of a daunting prospect.
Miles Davis is one who writes songs when he plays.
