When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
Evan Dando
Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
Samuel Daniel
Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.
Anthony Daniels
When you repeat yourself so many times, even if you're speaking the truth, the repetition starts to feel false. Sometimes, you just feel like the... →
Paul Dano
What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in... →
Joe Dante
But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a... →
Glenn Danzig
Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries... →
John Nelson Darby
Those are the two best words in English, 'Bidding' and 'war'.
Evan Daugherty
I wouldn't say I see things visually first, but what I do think is important, for a lot of screenwriters, is to not just think about the words on... →
Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is... →
Rene Daumal