Songs Quotes

I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.

I don't really like to explain my songs.

I don't write songs.

To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.

My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember songs. If you put it to a melody, I would have sung it to 'em in a minute.

My songs are just little letters to me.

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues.

When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, serve the song.

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.

I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra.

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.

Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me.

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

So, it ended up being what you have there, seven songs brand new and ten live songs which is a good mix.

We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had our lawyer make the call to Elektra and ask for our advance. Then, we got dropped. It was actually exciting.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

I don't know that all the demons have been beaten, but I'm very, very proud of those songs.

To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know.

The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy.

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs.

I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.

To come to a concert and hear a lot of songs from a female perspective should not make men say, 'Oh well, that's for women'.

Richard Chamberlain on The Slipper and the Rose was lovely to work with. He wore the clothes so beautifully and sang his songs so well.

You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.