- 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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
What should a song be about? It's a trick question for songwriters because lots of amazing songs aren't 'about' anything. Or, at least, they're not about anything that's obvious or logical.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not every song has to be about love and tenderness, sometimes you have those strictly physical feelings for somebody and it's okay to have those feelings.
- Emotion
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- Nov 07, 2020
So pretty much, to sum it up, if you can freak someone out and bring that kind of emotion out of somebody with a song, you're doing something right.
- Discreetly
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Brand-Dropping' is the term that the Kluger Agency coined to describe discreetly advertising by product mentioning in song, and we feel we can make this the way of the future without jeopardizing any artist's creative outlet or typical style.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020