Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.
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ERIC AVERY Too many times I've heard records from bands who were obviously, like, 'Well, we're at l... CHAD KROEGER I don't think songs have to be like these super-#1-smash-hit-sounding songs, because I think it&... DAVID ARCHULETA There's always room for your hard-core country songs, and that will always shine through, and I&... LUKE BRYAN Whenever we do stuff with Die Antwoord, it's kind of like... I made a lot of music before this g... WATKIN TUDOR JONES I've studied pathological liars, and anything they say, they believe, and that's one of the ... JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL I think there is something about L.A., fortunately: once you get one role people think, 'Oh well... BELLA HEATHCOTE A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this... GEORGE EZRA People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during ... TAYLOR KITSCH There's so much talk about the drug generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They ar... CASS ELLIOT We're putting on a show, and if I'm dancing and having fun, you can take a shot of the crowd... LUKE BRYAN I am one of those faces that it's sometimes, 'Oh my God, you look so familiar, but I can'... LINDSEY MCKEON You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell t... JAKE OWEN In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept w... BENMONT TENCH I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton'... BRUNO MARS We call them impact songs, and people buy impact songs. But you just never know what those songs are... JASON ALDEAN I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonder... ROGER DALTREY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I met Arcade Fire on their first record, 'Funeral.' I loved that record, and it was a record... 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DANIELA HANTUCHOVA Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excite... BONNIE TYLER When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things ... ANI DIFRANCO I wrote 'Ohio,' and it was really awesome to be able to share that with my fans because a lo... JACOB WHITESIDES A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don... BRANTLEY GILBERT My friends and family have been so well trained that they know I really mean it when I say that I do... RICHARD GREENBERG I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another i... ELIZABETH STROUT I like Taylor Swift a lot. She has really fun, catchy songs. It's so funny: I always say any guy... ROZONDA THOMAS I think that a lot of the most talented and driven people, they're not super deterred by failure... BEN SILBERMANN I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with mu... IAN MACKAYE My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can... NATASCHA MCELHONE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. She's the most famous person o... NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN If you're naturally a certain size, I think it suits you and you can see that. There's no po... MIRANDA HART I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm do... LAURA MVULA If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my so... JAMES IHA When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the fi... GARY CHERONE And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to w... PRISCILLA AHN It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and ... ICE CUBE I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can s... SAM SMITH People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,' and, '... MATTIE STEPANEK There's been a lot of wedding songs and proposals. It's cool because when they play it at we... JON PARDI The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million pe... VINCE STAPLES I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of I... JIMMY CARL BLACK I do feel I'm responsible to carrying on the music. That's what I was charged with as a kid.... CARLENE CARTER If I were doing a real rock show, slapping the phone book in time to the music, grooving with the so... CASEY KASEM I think that half of us feel fraudulent in our lives anyway. There's that strange disconnect of ... CARRIE BROWNSTEIN You know One Direction do a lot of up tempo songs, but when they did that Ed Sheeran song 'Littl... SHANE FILAN Oh, there's so much ego with men; in their head, they can't possibly think about Tesco's... LESLEY MANVILLE A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beg... CAROLINE CORR I love deeply, and when it comes to singing love songs and something that I have no problem doing, I... JOSH TURNER I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that mak... KARA DIOGUARDI As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I ca... YAEL NAIM A lot of times, that's hard to capture: what you sound like in person versus what you sound like... DARLENE LOVE Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I ... EARL KING I would love to have a rapper on one of my songs, like Ludacris, or the 'it's so hot in here... LATOYA JACKSON We would play songs live on stage, and then we'd watch their reaction we were receiving immediat... MICHAEL FRANTI I don't think of my songs as sad songs. I think of them as vulnerable and honest. I crack jokes ... MARY LAMBERT There's been a lot of simple vilification of right-wing people. It's really easy to say, ... LOUIS C. K. I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll... BRANDI CARLILE When your hair is rising, that's when you know it's a good song - that's happened to me ... JOSE GONZALEZ I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering abou... NATE RUESS I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the ch... BEN KINGSLEY At first, because this genre of music was so urban, sometimes we would sing songs that were so aggre... YANDEL I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do o... JACOB ARTIST I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They&... TONI COLLETTE That's the perfect audience: singing along to every word, knowing the songs, appreciating the no... DAVE KEUNING I try to make everything I write a little bit different. Those songs that go, 'I love you so muc... JANE WIEDLIN Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons... RACHEL PLATTEN I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it... GENE WEEN Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it ... AMY LEE Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two... KARAN MAHAJAN I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock song... COREY TAYLOR I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever th... TAYLOR HAWKINS The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in ... JEREMY RENNER
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They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help ke... JACLYN SMITH I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or... JACLYN SMITH When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so... JACLYN SMITH I never looked good in a bikini. My legs were too thin. JACLYN SMITH Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it th... JACLYN SMITH It's intimidating to try and pull your home together if you don't have an interior designer. JACLYN SMITH I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just ... JACLYN SMITH You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect. JACLYN SMITH I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I... JACLYN SMITH Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. 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