People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. Tha….

Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story, like I….

I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it..

I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing her the songs and poems I had written, knowing t….

Songs are kind of alive, I think; once you finish writing them, that doesn't mean that that's it for the song. It can have its own little life, I thi….

I know that my passion is for opera, but sometimes I like also to sing songs, because there are many beautiful melodies..

The title of a song is like the wrapping on a present..

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me..

Sometimes the songs you think will be best don't turn out to be best..

There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, 'Velouria'] - 'Sounds like someone's been taking singing lessons'.….

Come away with in the night Come away with me And I will sing you a song Come away with me on a bus Come away where they can't tempt us With the….

Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love….

Without a song the day would never end Without a song the road would never bend When things go wrong a man ain't got a friend Without a song.

I find the songs I want to record by listening to as much music as I can. 'When I hear things I really like, I ask the writers to send me a tape of e….

Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine..

I like to make up songs. And it's my opinion that all these songs mean a lot to me, but that doesn't mean I think everything needs to leave the house….

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. In effect, the people who change our lives the most begin to sing to us….

Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to di….

There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects,….

The alienation effect in German epic theater is achieved not only through the actors, but also through music (chorus and song) andsets (transparencie….

Just as a random thing, because I can't choose a favorite song ever, I'll go for Minnie Riperton's "Expecting"..