- Great
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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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love having my voice on my songs now, but it also means a lot to hear that another artist likes your song enough to cut it and put it on their album. It's a special kind of compliment.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first song I ever had recorded by another artist was a song called 'Surefire Feeling' by Jake Owen.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very validating to have people who do what you do react to a song in a cool way.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put a song out for fun, from 'Lucky Them'... I wrote another one called 'Love Song.' I really liked that.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
If every song is in the past tense, that's a drag, so you have to predict the future.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
To make a song is a gift, and once it's done it keeps evolving and changing and becomes a tool to interact with other people. It's like a conversation.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got my first email from a record label, I decided I didn't want to go in with just one song, so I sat down and kept on writing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went down to my keyboard and was playing random chords, and the one line I kept repeating was, 'I'm a lost boy from Neverland.' I decided to post it to Vine, and it got the biggest reaction I'd ever gotten. People wanted to hear more, and I had to explain it wasn't a song.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think 'Lost Boy' is more of a metaphor for oneself. When I listen to that song, I don't picture someone else. I kind of wrote it from a very honest place.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
A song is a short composition for voice and instruments. It is a piece of sung poetry set to music. It is usually only a few minutes long.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I made 'What They Want,' I was going crazy. When I made 'Losin Control,' I was going crazy, when I made all the songs that are on my Soundcloud, every time I was out, I went crazy, like it was still the first song that I made.
- Engineer
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the engineer to the producer, all of these roles are critical to creating a song.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020