- Heart
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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
- Haunting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know 'Hallelujah' isn't actually a Christmas song, but it has that cozy, haunting vibe that sounds like a winter's night and belongs by a fire.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to do a Bond song, and I could have done a Bond song: I was offered a Bond theme, but I turned it down because I didn't like the song. But as it turned out, I was right anyway because the song was the only Bond theme that never became a hit, so I'm glad I wasn't associated with that!
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never enjoyed making videos, even though the 'Total Eclipse' video was nominated for a Grammy along with the song. We lost out to the 'Billie Jean' video.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to get worried about writing a love song, because everyone else is doing them, and there are already enough of them out there. But I came to realize that there's a reason for that: Love is powerful, one of the most powerful emotions there is.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Triple H is very hands-on and approachable. My whole 'Glorious' song is because of Triple H. Before I even signed my contract, we discussed what I wanted to do and what he felt like I could do. It's been a real joy working for him.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm looking forward to some more solo acoustic dates. That's a lot of fun for me, because I get to be alone with the song. And I get to hear every little nuance; if my instrument does something that I wasn't expecting, I get to chase that. Chase that down a little bit.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stepped back from being out front to playing bass. So we started switching: I'd play bass on one song, we'd switch on the next song; I'd play piano... we'd play mandolin.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
- Itself
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- Nov 07, 2020