I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.
David Allan Coe

I didn't write songs for a very long time.
Martin Gore

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 wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.
Tommy Shaw

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

Those songs are about getting out; they're not about getting out of family. It wasn't about how family life was curtailing because I didn't know family life.
Bob Geldof

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

I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.
Randy Newman

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

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

I could stand out front and sing Eagles songs that I sing in my set, but I think people enjoy watching me sing and play the drums. It seems to fascinate people. I don't know why.
Don Henley

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.
Don Henley

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

The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real; most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death.
Jonathan Davis

All my songs are where I am.
Adam Duritz

We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.
Ruth St. Denis