I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.
Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before a speech.
I didn't really like 'You Raise Me Up' at the time we recorded it; now it's my favourite Westlife song.
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.
Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.
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.'
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.
