I don't like to overcook songs.
Courtney Barnett
I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write aren't necessarily the most commercial.
I keep a journal and just kind of take notes. I don't really so much sit down and write songs - I just take a lot of notes, and sometimes I sit... →
I like songs that are simple.
Syd Barrett
The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in... →
Cecilia Bartoli
There is nothing else to do in Nashville except for write songs.
Jessie Baylin
There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping over them. It... →
Beck
Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
Natasha Bedingfield
I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.
Adrian Belew
DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more.