Song Quotes - Page 121

Done laid around, done stayed around This old town too long And it seems like I've got to travel on

I can't see myself singing the same song twice in a row. That's terrible.

I need all kinds of songs - fast ones, slow ones, minor key, ballads, rumbas - and they all get juggled around during a live show. I've been trying for years to come up with songs that have the feeling of a Shakespearean drama, so I'm always starting with that.

I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

I'm not a grown up until everybody realises I'm a grown up. When everyone remembers me as the dirty kid singing little songs I am the dirty little kid.

As a singer-songwriter, what I do is write about how the human feels.

The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where I'm from. Well, I can't write a song on purpose, my songs come in a moment of inspiration or desperation.

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

It starts with an "I" And ends with a "U" I got a feelin' Are you feelin' it too

The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context of that band.

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

One thing I can't do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years.

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.

To all companies please stop using Xmas songs and inserting your own lyrics. Write your own music. I am boycotting you until you stop.

She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light From the stars She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet were her eyes Warmer than May her tender sighs

My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where we all find certainty and consolation. Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.

Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop circles that against these representation. You can hear this message on tons of lyrics and rap songs produced by independent emcees. But they are fighting against a well-oiled and well-financed machine.

I never experimented with the hoddu like I wanted to do. Like on the song "Allah Addu," the hoddu and the voice is something that belongs to West African culture. When you go to the north of Mali, in the past it was just the singer and one instrument player. We never really did have that on our CDs. On some other songs, like "Laare Yoo," we have a whole section of hoddu, something like four of them playing together.

I wanna be the smile you put on your face. I wanna be your hands when you say your grace. I wanna be whatever is your favorite place, oh I just wanna be close

I would go on the iTunes chart and see the hottest songs, then I'd cover them. People would go on YouTube and search for those songs. That's how I got my views. I'd post two or three songs a week.

My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times.