Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought.
Most of the songs I sing, they have that blue feeling to it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about.
Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.
I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.
My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the lyric.
I prepared five songs, I sang them, and he hired me. I started working about a month later at the piano bar.
I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.
It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.
The idea that I could write songs that people wanted to hear came from other people who said they liked what I did.
In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm.
Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.
I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.
I don't like knowing what the next song is because that's what I'd think about during the number we're playing.
I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'
My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.
I have done songs here and there. But I have never scored a film. That is something I would like to do at some point.
When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.
I was just in the middle of singing a song about how broke we were and now my cell phone rings.
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
