Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.
Martin Gore

People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.
Martin Gore

Between each album I try to gain a new insight that I didn't have before and perhaps write a song about something that I've written about before, but from a fresh viewpoint.
Don Henley

Three things are needed for a good life, good friends, good food, and good song.
Jason Zebehazy

Much responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the song leader; it is not infrequently within his power to make or break a meeting.
Paul Harris

If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
Namie Amuro

I made my first complete song when I was 9.
Ludacris

For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song.
Christine McVie

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.
Christine McVie

I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.
Christine McVie

For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life.
Bjork

He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
Alan Jackson

I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there.
Lucinda Williams

Sing the song or keep it inside.
Scott Weiland

I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album.
Matthew Perry

I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things.
Nick Cave

A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song.
John Wozniak

I think sometimes you are born with a song.
Nana Mouskouri

I like to do cover songs if I really love them, I have to love the song first.
Paul Taylor