I kinda learned to sing singing to Echo and the Bunnymen songs and Smiths songs: Morrissey would be a big favorite.
James Mercer
The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that flows together... →
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own... →
Freddie Mercury
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.
Ethel Merman
I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint... →
Olivier Messiaen
We recorded several of Kenny's songs in the living room of my home.
Jim Messina
My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.
Kate Micucci
I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.
Miguel
I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have... →
Mika
I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.