I was in the back of the car with my girlfriend, the Rascals came on the radio and I realized their song was sexier than the sex I was trying to have..

The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the win….

I'm not stuck strictly doing hip-hop. Songs from the dance/electronic scene are my favorite to make and remix, and I like that world..

Upon my lips the breath of song, Within my heart a rhyme, Howe'er time trips or lags along, I keep abreast with time!.

And now everything has changed once again. The air of the Close each evening is full of bird song - I've never really noticed it before. Full of bird….

For me, there's the certain focus points that come out, which could reference a song or a pop disco, or something really abstract. It's not totally f….

I think that music has always been restricted to media. The LP is an antiquated form, and the CD is now an antiquated form, and there's no sense grie….

Songs are snapshots of things - it's likened to looking at pictures. It will never feel like it felt in real life. When you look at it, it always fee….

All the songs are written from the perspective of a person, being me, who had trouble with some of the big questions in life, like, are we meant to b….

I think I get really into comfort music: '60s stuff, '50s stuff like Frankie Avalon. I love it - such simple songs, but so well written. That, and ol….

I think about every song is pretty much raw emotion - even if it's not specifically about topic there's songs like "All I Know Is Pain" and "Green Pi….

Songs are snapshots of things - it's likened to looking at pictures..

When you're dealing with TV and with movies, people dont take it as serious as they do with music. If a rapper does a song about shooting people on t….

When you are in the American Idol bubble, a lot of contestants want to go as far as they can and wish to be on point with ready-to-go songs..

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs..

I want to sing more in Spanish. I want to sing the songs of Granados; the songs of Montsalvatge. To do things that truly I've not done before..

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll try to re-create what was in my head at th….

Sometimes when you grieve, you grieve at a time where you don't really expect it. You might hear a song or you might smell something or see something….

I remember we were out on the road when the album finally came out in February 1973. I listened to it in my hotel room and just got this really big s….

Sometimes when I get home after a long day, I'll turn on music - I love Latin, disco, and pop - and do my own workout, even if it's a short one. Know….

When you have great songs that are going to live longer than the composers, everything you can do to bring those different elements and nuances out, ….