Songs you can dip in and out of, but a book... well, it can overpower you.
Nick Cave
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and... →
I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.
I studied voice at Yale with Blake Stern from the music school, and he had me singing German lieder and Italian songs.
Michael Cerveris
There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.
Eugene Chadbourne
Sometimes you have trouble because someone 'likes' your music so much. They follow you around for hours singing little bits of the songs, or... →
I always wanted to be in this role, as a songwriter. In the Pumpkins, it was always impossible because Corgan would wake up and write five songs. He... →
Jimmy Chamberlin
My musical heroes are people like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie who wrote and sang real songs for real people; for everyone, old, young, and in... →
Tom Chapin
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
Tracy Chapman
Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm... →