Song Quotes

I always meant to convey a message of peace and harmony, and thought I was choosing my songs accordingly.

I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song.

If I love a song I hope to find a way to get other people to love it too.

I think that if you have a strong narrative, if the idea of the song can be boiled down to the basics, it won't change that much.

It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing.

The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first one. By the second one I knew I could do something.

I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.

Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, you don't need to write a song-you need to get toilet paper.

It takes a lot of good songs to write a great song!

It could be thousands of people or just two, but I can't hide behind anything when I am singing my own songs.

I want to write songs and play them for people - live.

When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'

I've got a song on every album, two songs as a matter of fact on every album without Auto-Tune, and that's the song that nobody talks about. It's weird.

If you have a lot of textural stuff happening in music you get called shoegaze, or whatever, and then it becomes about the sound and not about the songs.

Some days I'll be like, "You know what? Why don't I go to my daughter's studio and make a song?!" And then I don't! I don't know if I would have all the time it takes to put into a song.

Now don't laugh 'cause I just might be...the soft curve in your hardline. (from the song "Hardliners" by Holcombe Waller)

Sometimes sentiments were better left in song.

The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive

I have so many songs, it's ridiculous. I love so many different types of music and tend to write all over the map, style-wise. R&B, rock 'n' roll, screamers, pop, good-time songs.

Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically.

Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.

You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!

I've been writing songs since I was a wee child.

I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.

I'm so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to music.

Having room to run and having just the space to use your imagination and create stories out of everyday life, I think that had a lot to do with me wanting write. And write songs

Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.

I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.

When I'm 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I'll be, like: 'Cool, I'll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.'

I'm the kind of person who needs to feel like everything happens for a reason. When you date a guy and it goes badly, that's horrible. But if you can write a song about it, then it was worth it.

(Talks about Miley Cyrus 'I always thought I'd be really fun to sing a song with Miley.

A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.

I can say I'd honestly rather be happy than have 30 to 40 songs that I've written about these thrilling, exciting, horrible, unhappy times.

Listening to my songs is like reading my diary.

And you know there’s nothing like writing a song about someone who’s mean to you, and just makes your life miserable…and then winning a Grammy for it.

The Moment I Knew" "was a song about my 21st birthday party, which was the worst experience ever.

The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation. So make your words count.

I'm not that complicated. My complications come out in my songs. All you need to do to be my friend is like me.

Lady gagas "hair" is my theme song.

The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.

I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out.

I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.

Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs.

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.

I want to write a song for someone who has just fallen in love or someone single and living their live.

I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.