I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.
There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.
Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.
When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.
Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.
People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.
So, it ended up being what you have there, seven songs brand new and ten live songs which is a good mix.
I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
I've always felt that to deliver a song successfully, you have to be an actress. A good actress becomes the part, just as a good singer becomes the song.
The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.
There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.
I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.
I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.
My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.
I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.
'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.
I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
I think most of my songs are based on an emotion and in every song I write, there's at least a partial truth.
If you sing a song of peace with enough gestures and grimaces, it becomes a war song.
I look at my music in the beginning, and the sexual songs, the partying songs, those are the realities because those things happen.
When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.
