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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
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't left my city for 21 years, and I had never been on a plane, not once. I spent my entire life on one setting; that's probably why pieces of the album feel like one long track, because that's what my life felt like. It felt like one long song.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year making it perfect. Every song had at least, like, 7 different versions to them before picking the right one.
- Great Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
A great song is a great song.
- Deep Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's a song about reaching deep inside yourself where you can completely be who you are.
- Favorite
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite Adele song is ‘Hello.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a drum machine I'll use a drum machine. If it needs a drummer, I'll use a real drummer.
- For The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was perceived in one fashion. A video is based on a song. I think you can get glimpses of people's presence within that. There's some people you enjoy watching more than others.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.
- Library
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you want something really serious that makes you feel emotional and makes you think, and sometimes you do just want a pop song. What I love about Taylor Swift is that she offers both.
- Jungle
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- Nov 07, 2020