#song

Like I can't cry for myself so I will let this song take all of the things inside I can't let anyone else see and offer it up, as if the sound were some kind of god, and my pain is some kind of sacrifice. ↗

— Robert Smith

#cry #else #god #i #inside

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#go #i #just #listen #out

If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#got #like #musical #same #song

On stage, generally speaking, the story is stopped or held back by songs, because that's the convention. Audiences enjoy the song and the singer, that's the point. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#back #because #convention #enjoy #generally

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#exactly #fast #get #good #good songs

My songs grow on people - like warts. ↗

— Glenn Frey

#like #people #songs #warts

I had deeper, more reflective songs on the first album. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#deeper #first #had #i #more

I love my songs, let's not get crazy here. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#get #here #i #i love #love

I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#hear #i #i love #later #love

The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the final masters, the artwork. Basically, I hand them a record. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#basically #final #get #hand #i