- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Song Quotes
The feeling behind every song.
These song quotes emphasize sincerity as the key to a performance that actually reaches an audience, along with the idea that a song can capture a live moment as it happens. One entry recalls a song tied to an early anti-drug campaign, showing how songs can carry a specific message. Related picks continue in our Feel quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
'If Our Love Is Wrong' is, quite simply, my coming out song, as I was trying to wrap my head around my sexuality and was starting to learn about songwriting, and that my honesty and my authenticity came from my personal experiences and writing about stuff that genuinely bugged me or upset me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Song writing has been a lifeline for me.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
'No Matter What' is, without question, the most personal song I have ever written and the one I am most proud of.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if you have a big tune, live crowds can get sick of it. It's not just about the song but also the staying power and if people have connected with it in a certain way. I know that the tracks I put more emotion and depth into are the ones that have the staying power in clubs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never understood why someone does a cover of a song just exactly the same. If you do something, do it a little different so people have a new experience.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home.
- Composite
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2012, I dropped a song called 'Like To Party,' and that just took me all over the world.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.
- Nov 07, 2020
As a member of Guess Who, I think 'No Time' was the best thing we ever did. It was a pivotal song in our career.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020