- Music
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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
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record; it's one of the few true live records out there.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I recorded 'Sun,' I wanted to do something with more of a modern sound. I've never done anything like it, and it was fun for me to sing, but I'm not really a dance person per se. However, I would love to hear that song in the club. I think it's a really good dance song.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
We write the song, then it gets played for the artist, and they somehow fall in love with it and go back in and make it their own.
- Voice
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write all of my songs from scratch, so the one thing I love about EDM is the way a song transforms into a piece of art, and how the different sounds can change the feel of the record.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't tell you how many things I've worked on where I sat on it for a few years, and then somebody else did something very similar. Whether it's some weird vocal effect you hear on another record, or a drum beat, or even a song title, a subject matter, or a mixture of different kinds of music.
- Puzzle
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
- Different Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020