#songs

I got tired of playing other people's songs. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#i #other #people #playing #songs

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words. ↗

— Keren Ann

#exact #inspired #into #mood #more

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. ↗

— Paul Anka

#i #little #songs #stupid #talent

I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes. ↗

— Paul Anka

#get #had #i #just #my own

So you can have your program, but you also have to be ready to change it immediately because there are certain kinds of people who like certain kinds of songs and they like - some people want to dance when you come out, some people just want to be intimate with you. So you kind of feel your way through a show. ↗

— Nickolas Ashford

#because #certain #certain kinds #change #come

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#front #i #just #mother #piano

Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident. ↗

— Natasha Hamilton

#confident #each #gone #got #i

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#audience #because #constantly #draw #every

I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#i #into #lyrics #music #really

I picked and co-wrote the songs that if I was a guy who would be spending my hard-earned money buying an album I would want to hear. ↗

— Bo Bice

#buying #guy #hear #i #money