Louis: [sing-song tease] Pazu loves Sheeta! Dola: Be quiet! Louis: Sorry, Mom.
The first album I ever bought with my own money was 'Ten.' Every single song reminds me of my childhood.
When you are writing a song for something else, if you are doing something for money, I always think that's bad luck.
Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting.
Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of 'the dozens.'
Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together.
When you have a kid and people go, 'What a beautiful child,' it's the same kind of reaction when you play a song that people recognize and love.
I just love to have fun with music, and try to find songs that say something that people want to hear.
I just can't seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that?
I love to sing old Motown songs to myself, or some Patti Smith Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday. That gets me in the mood for singing.
'They Don't Care About Us' by Michael Jackson - This song makes me want to dance, and I fell in love with it watching 'This Is It' with my kids.
People were very passionate and over the top about showing me their love and affection, and they memorized my songs in Spanish.
I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
In 2008, I was more just thinking about using the touchscreen for writing the songs. From there I started thinking about how I visualised music.
When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself.
'Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart and confessionals. They're monologues.
I'm definitely interested in making more music and uploading new covers; I like to take suggestions because it's more fun if people know the song.
Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.
Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
