#songs

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#anywhere #authentic #except #feel #felt

This is the bunch of songs I did first, and it's just the type of thing I do. I am a Carter Family girl, so the record is book-ended with Carter Family songs. ↗

— June Carter Cash

#bunch #carter #did #family #first

My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#crappy #doing #early #encouraged #first

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too! ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#big #big questions #death #feel #i

I started writing songs at age 15. ↗

— Vince Clarke

#i #songs #started #writing

Even though I hate acting, I love doing videos for my songs. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#doing #even #hate #i #i love

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#appalled #dimension #i #i do #political

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about. ↗

— David Allan Coe

#else #ever #i #nobody #songs

I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories and defeats - and to use those experiences as a well to draw from. Hopefully, the songs that result from that kind of writing will be songs that mean something to others. ↗

— Jim Cole

#been #defeats #draw #experiences #honest

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you. ↗

— Chris Cornell

#back #great #knows #play #sings