We like the ambiance and atmosphere, and we felt really early that... I mean, of course, Air is an electronic band, but we are doing so many real rec….

When stuff gets hard, and you're feeling real down about everything or in a cark space, a song can bring you out of it..

We were always in the shadows of the stuff that was getting more attention. So people learned to listen to us slowly over time. And, frankly, we lear….

It's funny when you start writing an album and then recording - the songs begin to take on a spirit of their own. Once you start to perform it live, ….

It's from being melancholy and having my human down experiences that I learn, that I overcome, that I transform - and these realizations I put into s….

The songs that give you the most trouble become your best songs..

I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party. It's like knocking into ….

I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized or accomplishe….

There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song.

I told Bernie Taupin that his best lyrics were for Song For Guy just because it doesn't have any words in it. But there you go... I'm a wind up! But ….

You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that..

It takes us a long time to write a song that we all really like, so it makes sense that it would take a while for the listener to get there, too..

My place in Scotland is in the middle of nowhere, so you've just got a keyboard, guitar, a little drum machine and you know if you can work stuff out….

Even when I have someone playing the song I give them the idea. I'm learning. I'm getting better over the years..

I'm fighting for this girl on the battlefield of love Got me look like baby Cupid Sending arrows from above.

She gets on you under your skin like a tattoo she'll always be there!.

I don't think you ever write a song with any intention except the song's about such and such per say ... we've never written a song and thought 'oh i….

I think my music is definitely country but it's got a little bit of that rock flair about it. I always try to find the things that everyday people de….

The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals..

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

If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate everybody else. When ….