- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how other people have a topic or have a goal when making a song, like, 'Let's write about this, or let's write about that.' It's kind of difficult for me. Personally, I like vibing out and freestyling.
- Female
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- Nov 07, 2020
A female vocal can lift a song.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Christmas in the Buckley household is hilarious - at the family dinner, we all have to do a song, no matter if you can sing in tune.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved the song 'It Might as Well Be Spring'.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a sucker for a good country song.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time I just was like, I can't believe I am on the show, and the first thing I have to do is an entire song and dance routine for the whole cast of 'Mad Men.'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love movie musicals because I think there is an amount of emotional honesty that's needed to portray someone who feels so deeply that all they can do is break into song.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to drive my brothers nuts in the car because I would sing in their ear every song on the radio.
- Good Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have about 4 albums of Disney songs, but the embarrassing part is that I know each song word for word, and have dances choreographed for most.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is about something that you've done.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like it's a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand on its own. I like that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our songs did not transcend being R&B hits. They were R&B hits that white kids were attracted to. And if people bought it, it became rock & roll. That's marketing. Why couldn't it still be R&B? The bass pattern didn't change. The song didn't change. It was still 'Yakety Yak' and 'Searchin'.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I've ever actually written from inspiration, actually had a song just go, 'Bing!' I only recall that happening to me twice - once was with 'Terrapin' and the other was 'Wharf Rat.' I mean, that's twice in a lifetime of writing!
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020