3,653 Quotes About Song

Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for the show we're doing at Joe's Pub, so it's kind of fun to get down and rehearse new things, and also rethink some of the older songs, how we're going to do them.

I respect the Stones but their songs are a pile of crap. As for U2, they don’t say a lot or seem like normal persons.

In high school, I was Mr. Choir Boy. I had solos, I was helping out the tenors with their parts and our choir teacher would ask me what songs we should do.

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.

People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.

Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs; taking them in different directions.

We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids.