Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.
Saul Williams
I've always felt that to deliver a song successfully, you have to be an actress. A good actress becomes the part, just as a good singer becomes... →
Vesta Williams
I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.
Brian Wilson
If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.
Probably not much of a song left in me, you know, if any, because I've written so many, some 250 songs or 300 or whatever it is.
Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.
Cassandra Wilson
I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.
The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.
Robert Anton Wilson
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
Amy Winehouse
I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.