When you hear the first five seconds to a song and you've pretty much heard the whole song, that's kind of a bummer.
Chino Moreno
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.
Alanis Morissette
Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in... →
Unless I really loved it and felt really passionate about it, I would just kind of abort the song and start a new one.
The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.
I was 9 when I wrote 'Fate Stay with Me.' It was this fictional song about romance gone wrong.
That big hit 'Get Lucky' is a disco song - not only the melody and the whole concept, but we had one of the great disco guys and one of the... →
Giorgio Moroder
In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm.
There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again.
Richard Morris
I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.
Van Morrison