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I don't write the songs; I just write 'em down.

If you wanna write a song, ask a guitar

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.

When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you.

Listening to my songs is like reading my diary.

So few hip-hop artists have ever advanced. Their songs on their seventh, eighth albums sound exactly like the songs on their first album. More than an artist, I'm a real person-and real people grow. And I wanna just sing my growth.

The one album I can't live without is called 'Cumbolo' by a band called Culture. Every song on their album is deep, but there's one in particular called 'This Train.' I have a tattoo of the lyrics on my left arm.

And I'll know my song well before I start singing

I don't really like to explain my songs.

Every song is like a painting.

It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like

I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.

My songs are personal music, they're not communal. I wouldn't want people singing along with me. It would sound funny. I'm not playing campfire meetings. I don't remember anyone singing along with Elvis, Carl Perkins or Little Richard.

Gather quickly _x000D_ Out of darkness _x000D_ All the songs you know _x000D_ And throw them at the sun _x000D_ Before they melt _x000D_ Like snow.

Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.

If we spoke less and sang songs of faith more, the world would be more Heavenly.

Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem.

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.

Most songs come from being attentive. Attentive to life, attentive to scripture, attentive to your heart. Pay attention!

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.

He who sings a song to Christ in the night, sings the best song in all the world; for he sings from the heart.