- Love
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a hard time making a linear-idea song, because that's not the way my thoughts work.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you asked me to sing a modern song, I wouldn't be able to - I can't easily slip into that groove. But if it were a song by Nico or The Velvet Underground, fine.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
A great guitar solo is really a song within a song. You can always go off and do your pageantry, but it has to be structured.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being promoted as a bubble-gum type artist that has one hit and it's all over is not something I want to do. I want a long career. I want to continue to play guitar and have as much guitar in there as possible in a commercial song without being too indulgent.
- Nov 07, 2020
'Rise' is a very empowering song.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
The quality of a timeless song is that it's catchy, meaningful and relatable.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think Flo Rida gets on just any song. If you look at the songs he has done - even The Saturdays one - was a hit. If it's not good enough, then he won't do it.
- Hard Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's such a hard thing to write a song for your fans without sounding naff and thanking them for spending money on you.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to do a song that's really sad and thoughtful. Although I've done ballads like 'Dear Darlin',' I want to make them dance and be happy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to ration your creativity over all your songs. You write a really cool pop song then you have to write a heavy song to balance out, then you need to think about singles.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just love to sit and go, 'Let's just write a song and not worry about how it needs to be'.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020