That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the….

The first song I wrote and had published was titled "Just As Long As That Someone Is You". It was written in 1959, and recorded in 1965 by Jimmy Elle….

I just want my songs to be memorable, and for people to hear my songs in ten year's time and remember the great times they had while listening to 'em..

I think that you should just be yourself and make sure you pick a really, really good song, and make sure you're memorable..

I try and make all my songs sound different from each other while doing it in a way that's still me. It's a tricky thing to do..

I'm super-obsessed with 'Intervention.' I wrote a song about it..

I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs..

Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion bu….

I am not a historian. I happen to think that the content of my mother's life - her myths, her superstitions, her prayers, the contents of her pantry,….

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, t….

I feel like in every song I write, I always write a little darker bit..

I'm pretty open to all music. Its pretty funny because I've spent time in Germany and now I'm in Dallas where Country is a big thing. I used to hate ….

How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect i….

I've tried over the years all kinds of ways of going about writing and even just thinking about the idea of writing. There was a time when I decided ….

I am responsible for what happened to me but if I was to stay there it is kind of a constant reminder and it is very easy.... You know the new song i….

I will always really work hard to write as much as I can, but I also love sitting back and waiting on those big Nashville songwriters to send me some….

If you look at the charts every year, there may be five or ten memorable songs from each year..

Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories ….

As soon as you start to think of that thing that you want to convey or say, you can always just say it much better than you can actually rhyme it or ….

The first song I heard from me was Meek Mill ["I Don't Know"], it was his first single before he went (to jail). I remember the first time I heard it….

I am a black woman the music of my song some sweet arpeggio of tears is written in a minor key and I can be heard humming in the night Can be heard h….