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It's warts and all in my songs, and I think that's why people can relate to them. ADELE
I've never done anything but what I wanted to do with my life. I don't think too many people... DON MCLEAN
I don't think I'm turning back the clock by doing these old tunes. I love rock and roll and ... TINY TIM
A lot of times, that's hard to capture: what you sound like in person versus what you sound like... DARLENE LOVE We try to do too many things that used to be in the men's domain, and we try to do them like men...
RAQUEL WELCH Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON
I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think ... MAGGIE Q Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I co...
JAKE OWEN I try not to agonize over my lyrics, though, because that can come across in them. Some lyrics come ...
JANE SIBERRY You know honestly I think there's a Dracula, a Wolf Man, and a Frankenstein's Monster in all...
RICHARD ROXBURGH Many times, people have come up to me after singing some songs, and they'd say, 'Richie, do ...
RICHIE HAVENS People like hearing songs that sound like something they've heard before, that's reminiscent...
BONNIE MCKEE I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but i...
ELIZABETH MCGOVERN
I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you... ELMORE LEONARD
I don't know rap. I can't tell you a Tupac song. But you put on some go-go, and I'll kno... SHY GLIZZY It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill
JUDE WATSON I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that....
A.J. STYLES If you listen to The Browns, it's a very pretty sound. It was sibling harmony, a sound that was ...
JIM ED BROWN
When I go to see people, I always kind of hope they are going to play some kind of songs I know. So ... TOM PETTY You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell t...
JAKE OWEN It's not that I'm trying to write another '7 Years' or a new version of 'Mama Sa...
LUKAS FORCHHAMMER
Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in... SIGOURNEY WEAVER I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ...
MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don Mc...
JAKE BUGG It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea.
JUDE WATSON
On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them hav... CONOR OBERST
You'll hear 'Hippie,' or, 'Get a haircut.' I like it. I think it's funny bec... JACOB DEGROM I probably shouldn't say this about all animals, but at least the farm animals that I've hun...
KRISTEN SCHAAL
You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you... B. B. KING
I admire people's marriages, and I think it's a wonderful thing to have, but I don't thi... LINDA RONSTADT
I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like ... GARY ALLAN
That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whe... ORNETTE COLEMAN I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,'...
DICKEY BETTS
I don't think that everything on Broadway relates to us, and I think that's why we as black ... STEPHANIE MILLS A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this...
GEORGE EZRA Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt ...
FLEUR EAST
On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to b... RUSSELL PETERS You see people you identify with, and you take pieces of people you like and shape who you are. Like...
DAMON WAYANS, JR.
I've never had a celebrity crush! I don't believe in those, really. I feel like you have to ... DAVID ARCHULETA
You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their g... JOHNNY CASH
I've been really lucky when it comes to casting kids, and I don't particularly like child ac... JEFF NICHOLS
I think when you're a fan of music - at least the way I've been a fan to artists that have r... MATISYAHU
Although I have guitars all around, and I pick them up occasionally and write a tune and make a reco... GEORGE HARRISON
I think the kind of landscape that you grew up in, it lives with you. I don't think it's tru... ARUNDHATI ROY
I really like the European carols, and I like that captivating sound that they have that isn't u... DAVID ARCHULETA I don't want to sound too Oprah-ish or anything like that, but I really believe that if you have...
RABINDRANATH MAHARAJ Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in y...
LIONEL RICHIE I like songs that sound like classics. There are songs that might be cooler or have better productio...
ALEXA RAY JOEL
I wasn't happy with the outcome in Vietnam. Now, I've never said that, but, you know, I'... ALEXANDER HAIG
I think the whole aspect of social networking is vulgar and repulsive in a lot of ways. But I also s... TRENT REZNOR I can't write a scene unless I've visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that'...
ERIC VAN LUSTBADER
In today's time, writing stuff that actually happened is touch-and-go, because you don't wan... JOSH TURNER
I don't want to write any more screenplays, I'll tell you that right now. It's a waste o... ELMORE LEONARD If you can find a group of women, any age, who are supportive and kind and love you, that's the ...
KATIE LOWES I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. ...
TAYLOR HAWKINS
I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't wa... J. D. SOUTHER I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curati...
NATE LOWMAN
I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a g... ALDEN EHRENREICH That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid st...
ADAM JONES I think what's cool about Slayer is no matter how old their albums are, it's the one band to...
BLAKE ANDERSON
I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ... JACK GILBERT
Too many times I've heard records from bands who were obviously, like, 'Well, we're at l... CHAD KROEGER
I think too often in films, people think endings are a summation of plot, and I don't like that.... JEFF NICHOLS I very rarely came across rude or disrespectful people. I don't know how I slipped by all of the...
SCOTT BAIO
Even though there's an entertainment value to the film, I think it's very important because ... WOODY HARRELSON
I think it's not really difficult to write about love. We've been saying the same thing over... BABYFACE
I think that one of the things that you do learn is that falling in love and being in love with some... JULIANNE MOORE I'm always like, 'I can't believe I sound like my mother.' I remember running out of...
EILEEN DAVIDSON
You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harr... CASSANDRA CLARE
I think that the hardest thing about working with young people in foster care who've been throug... VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much ...
ART ALEXAKIS
There's a lot of girls out there that can relate to me. They can look at me and see themselves a... PAIGE VANZANT There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I&#...
DAMIEN RICE That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him ...
ALAN VEGA
I think we're quite unique in that we do have our own sound and approach and we don't really... ALEX LIFESON
I don't think the Beatles were that good. I think they're fine, you know. Ringo's got th... GEORGE HARRISON
That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to ... ORNETTE COLEMAN Sometimes I like them artificial and sometimes I like them real. And the reason is because sometimes...
DANNY ELFMAN I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze ...
ALEXIS BLEDEL
I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the l... BUCK OWENS It's like people call me a rock star or this or that. And I go, 'Don't call me that. I d...
MEAT LOAF That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get rea...
JACQUELINE MCKENZIE I think the best compliment you can receive is not, 'Oh, that was really funny,' but, 'I...
ERIK GRIFFIN I think you can feel the pain I've experienced in my music. It's something that a lot of peo...
BLU CANTRELL Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH I think women have such rich emotional lives that they are expressive about. I also think they'r...
DARREN STAR
I've tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I've failed. I've tried ... IRVING PENN
If you say, 'You've made it,' then you kind of come to a standstill, and I don't thi... JENNA USHKOWITZ Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you...
EMMY ROSSUM
I don't like to write rhetorically or get on a soapbox. I try to make the stuff multi-layered, s... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused ...
JUDE LAW
I love music, of course, and many, many, many genres. There are hardly any songs I would say that I ... DAVID LYNCH I think that, at the end of the day, I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that...
DAMON LINDELOF
I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmi... IGGY AZALEA I like men. I like the sound of their voices, the way they think. They're more sensitive than wo...
CAROLYN JONES I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. Af...
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU I think when people see photos of you out and about in your personal life, they assume that you'...
LIAM HEMSWORTH
I do think sometimes there's danger in guest appearance mania. I've seen too many examples t... EZRA KOENIG
There's been times when I've had heartbreaking moments and I'm like, 'I can't be... SHAILENE WOODLEY
