I don't know where my songs come from... If I knew, I'd know too much, more than we are allowed on this plane.
The last thing we would want is for our fans to feel that we're trying to find the 17th opportunity to sell them the same song.
People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.
Sometimes when people can't speak English, they hum the melody instead of singing along. Having 20,000 people humming your song is incredible.
I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem.
We are all different expressions of one reality, different songs of one singer, different dances of one dancer, different paintings – but the painter is one.
Often I have to move my body in a certain way, like exercising, to begin to get into the right rhythm for writing a song.
The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted.
The skit was very successful based on the applause. After that show, the three of us decided to get together and try and come up with some songs that we could all participate in.
I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano.
Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song.
There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever was not exactly a brand new idea.
If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!
Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise.
I'm not big on rap, to be honest. I just don't get it. It's angry people shouting. I like a song, melodies, people singing.
I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town.
Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk.
I will now sing another song for your pleasure. Now, if you like Phil Collins...you should be shot in the head.
When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records were always around to listen to.
As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.
