- Happy
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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
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
You gotta have fun with a song, make somebody laugh. You gotta have character. A hard punchline can make you laugh, but you gotta know how to say it.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to do really realistic paintings, which requires so much focus; like, if I have to go to the bathroom or change a song, I can't; I'm so in it.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it's a good song, it doesn't really matter if it's trendy or not. It will hit.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brazilian music has always been a part of us, but it's even more valuable now because of the sentiment or the theme of the actual song. So I feel like 'Street Livin'' is paying homage to what we started and it's touching on a lot of serious themes to DACA, immigration reform, prison control... all the things we address in the video.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were just going for growth, bigger sound, just a spectrum of people. More global. That's how we decided to do a song like 'Where is the Love' - it allowed us to tap into a broader audience, because the message means a lot to us.
- Finish
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop. I never know. I just do the music and if people like it, they like it.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a song on every album, two songs as a matter of fact on every album without Auto-Tune, and that's the song that nobody talks about. It's weird.
- Harmony
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite punk rock song is 'Linoleum' by NOFX. That's pure harmony, the coolest chord changes.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of a wolf. I want to be stronger and more independent. I sort of wrote the song for that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's such a cycle. You'll see a rapper drop a song, and next thing you know, he's gone.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020