Black people lived right by the railroad tracks, and the train would shake their houses at night. I would hear it as a boy, and I thought: I'm... →
Little Richard
Lionel Richie, love song, OK, thank you very much, good-bye. And all of a sudden I realized that, in my career, what has made my career has always... →
Lionel Richie
Our touchstones of slavery are 'Song of the South,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'The Birth of a Nation.' It's hard to... →
John Ridley
I didn't choose a word or anything. I just wrote the song until it stopped.
Marty Robbins
The song 'Can't Look Back Now' by the Weepies reminds me of the entire 'Life Unexpected' experience.
Britt Robertson
I was a storyteller for The Band. It was never, 'Hey guys, here's a song about what happened to me.' I was always more comfortable... →
Robbie Robertson
I don't know - it's a bit of a mystery of how things come about when they do. I don't have a scientific explanation for it. Sometimes... →
Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.
Smokey Robinson
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.
When you write a song, a song has longevity.