- Music
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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
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, 'But this song is so much better than this song,' and then I kind of ditch that song. It's a long process.
- Francisco
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first played '1234' it was on stage in San Francisco at some kind of, like, sticky-floored club. And it felt like a punk song. I mean it's ridiculous to say that now, but it had that kind of, like, piercing straight melody. And then this fist-pumping ending, you know that pa-dap-pada.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never know what's going to play into what's worthy of getting encapsulated into a song.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
R. Kelly is different - music is always going through his brain. I remember we'd be having a conversation, and he'd choose a word I said and write a whole song to it.
- Breathe
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- Nov 07, 2020
The song This Kiss was definitely my breakthrough song. After that, Breathe was my breakthrough album.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember where I was when I first heard 'Boyz N The Hood' - 126th Street and Normandy, South Central, Los Angeles. I remember that I was on my porch. What they described in that song was so vivid and so clear to me because it was the kind of life I was used to witnessing and partly experiencing in my neighborhood.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the fans are liking what I've been doing, and they want to create a song for me, let's get on with it!
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples that sound cool on paper, like 'Oh, get that guy to sing the hook on that guy's song,' and then that's all it is. It's a cool idea that sounds good on paper.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one of their favorite songs of all time.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into a conversation with EMI, and they said they were very interested in releasing the song because it was such a huge hit online. RCA and Universal were also very interested, but EMI were the best team, so I decided to sign with them. I got my deal because 'Silly Boy' leaked, so obviously now I'm very happy about what happened!
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020