It doesn't take me long to write songs.
Ben E. King

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.
Elvis Costello

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?
Little Richard

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.
Martin Gore

Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.
Martin Gore

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.
Martin Gore

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.
Martin Gore

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
Hilaire Belloc

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.
Diana Ross

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.
Diana Ross

I sang the songs in 'The Doors'.
Val Kilmer

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.
Patti Smith

All my songs are where I am.
Adam Duritz

I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!
Zac Efron

I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.
Phil Collins

I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It's like my job is my vacation.
Ludacris

The reason I do interviews is because I'm protecting my songs.
Bjork

It's a big flash of all these things and whatever you take out of that statement's one statement, one mind, one statement, one act, one show, and all the songs are one.
Alice Cooper

Hi-Tek is on three or four songs on the new record.
Talib Kweli

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