If I had five minutes to live, I don't think I'd be bothered singing a song. I'd be dead, so it won't really matter. I'd have a... →
Loudon Wainwright III
I had a hip replacement a couple of years ago. I have a song about that. And why wouldn't you? It strikes me that that was a huge event. It's... →
When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is... →
Rufus Wainwright
'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.
I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song... →
Tom Waits
Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.
I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.
Nashville is the business center. They forget that the bottom line of it all is still the song.
Jerry Jeff Walker
I want my careless song to strike no minor key; no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song - the fusion of the South, my body's song... →
Margaret Walker
I always prefer other people's interpretations over my own, so I'm not very quick to make explicit what exactly a song or record is about.
M. Ward