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I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of Town.' All I wanted to... SAMMY CAHN I like my name. My mom named me after a song by the 1970s group Bread. So, it's meaningful, and ...
AUBREY PLAZA I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, &...
FEFE DOBSON Whenever I'm feeling kind of down or something like that, or even good, the song 'Bohemian R...
CASEY ABRAMS
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas,... BRENDON URIE If I get a song - a good song - I just sing it the way I hear it in my head. If anybody else wanted ...
GLEN CAMPBELL
You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anyt... TAYLOR SWIFT I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. I...
ASHLEY TISDALE
I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche... EDITH PIAF I feel like 'Next To Me' is a great introduction because it's a simple song that has a s...
EMELI SANDE
Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' was a perfect song. It was so beautiful and so heartfel... LEA THOMPSON I remember writing lyrics for 'Take Me to Church' for a long time before I even had a song i...
HOZIER With a track like 'White Christmas,' everybody has done that song in every format you can im...
VINCE CLARKE There's a song called 'My Faith' that's kind of my spiritual song on my record. It&#...
BRANTLEY GILBERT
I was ... writing that song (with) tears streaming down my face. To me it's…a snapshot of (a) time... GWEN STEFANI As a songwriter, I do kind of look at 'Santa Monica' as a thing outside of itself, because i...
ART ALEXAKIS 'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL Tinashe doing 'I Wanna Get Better' - it's a really personal song, and it was hard for me...
JACK ANTONOFF I wanted to write a song about war and that classic 'We want you' recruitment style from the...
TROYE SIVAN
I really felt like 'Chandelier' was a big pop song. But we weren't sure what would happe... SIA
And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything. SALLY KELLERMAN
Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just le... YAEL NAIM
I definitely consider 'Poses' - the whole album in fact - to be kind of a miracle. Like the ... RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
You know nothing, Jon Snow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I really, really like 'In Rainbows.' But I also really like 'OK Computer' as a sort ...
PHOEBE TONKIN
'Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in... REBECCA BLACK
For a while, I felt a little self-impelled to write Lou Reed Kind of songs. I should have understood... LOU REED I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far mor...
SYD BARRETT
I would love to do a collaboration with Lil' Wayne. I would have loved to sing on his song, '... STEPHANIE MILLS
When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there... LUKE BRYAN The song 'Wolf Eyes,' I wrote because I felt like I was such a kitten. I want to be more of ...
SYDNEY WAYSER
That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN 'Try Again' - every time I hear that song, it just brings a smile to your face. When you'...
ALEXANDRA SHIPP I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're s...
TOM ARAYA I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Po...
BJORN ULVAEUS
History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was ... DON MCLEAN
In the past, my process would start with a sample of another song, and I'd chop it up and use th... G-EAZY
I'm listing to music all the time. I have favorite artists. Kid Rock loves the Civil Wars' s... BOB SEGER
Well, Neighbours wanted to do a song on the show, and they asked me what songs I had. I told them I&... DELTA GOODREM I wrote a song that basically turned into a public service announcement for the fellas out there, li...
NE-YO
I actually admire the Indian artiste 'Lost Stories.' He made a remix of my song 'Faded.&... ALAN WALKER I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lo...
DONOVAN BAILEY
I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviousl... IGGY AZALEA
The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why th... ADELE
I had wanted to sing a song with Lee Ann for a while, ... I think she's a great singer, and she alwa... GEORGE STRAIT
I loved Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast.' I just wanted to be her. I'm a brunette, so I t... KARA LINDSAY
Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “E... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to... BEBE REXHA
My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. ... RAY CHARLES
He told me that when you record a love song, there is no better song for people to relate to. My fir... JOSH TURNER
'Something/Anything?' was kind of a different record, since I'm playing everything mysel... TODD RUNDGREN
She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I was in my second year at NYU. I knew what I wanted to do, and I just walked out of college. So, fr...
NORMAN LLOYD With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting some...
AGNES OBEL We had to shoot the Last Splash dance scene, and that was the song that was playing. So we probably ...
EMMA ROBERTS I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name w...
BRUCE COCKBURN
I'm not the best at choosing what's good and what's bad. I wouldn't even know what&#... ASAP ROCKY
I think that when I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn't have a trem... WILL ARNETT As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what&#...
DARYL HALL I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics tha...
LISA MARIE PRESLEY My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hou...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind.
C LIONG A family is like a card game, on one hand, you can get a really bad hand and on the other, your hand...
GARY F EVANS... Whenever I get to a point I'm so tired that I forgot the verse of a song, I know I'm burnt o...
CARLENE CARTER
I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you w... MATTHEW PERRY I love that song 'I Could Have Danced All Night' from 'My Fair Lady' so much. I love...
ELIZABETH MERIWETHER
It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form o... NICK CANNON
'The Warmth of the Sun' was a very beautiful song that Brian and I wrote in the time period ... MIKE LOVE
You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a go... JONI MITCHELL I think 'Tattoo's a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a br...
JORDIN SPARKS I believe it was Nat King Cole that my dad took me to see, and we were sitting in the dressing room,...
JOHNNY MATHIS 'Cover Me.' 'Take Time To Know Her.' 'Warm and Tender Love.' 'Out Of Lef...
PERCY SLEDGE When I graduated from college in early 2010, I decided that I needed to create a calling card, some ...
ALLISON WILLIAMS I feel like 'Beware' is a heartfelt song - it's something that is definitely a story, so...
BIG SEAN In every song, there is a vocal element that doesn't have any words. I wanted to play around wit...
LIA ICES
A lot of the lyrics I write involve images that just swing the song in a way that feels really good ... MATT BERNINGER
Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When I'm singing a song, I'm in that song, and I'm thinking about what emotions I should...
DARIUS RUCKER
I don't think I've ever actually written from inspiration, actually had a song just go, '... JERRY GARCIA
I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON
It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built ...
GARY NUMAN
The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I remember where I was when I first heard 'Boyz N The Hood' - 126th Street and Normandy, Sou...
F. GARY GRAY
You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things th... HARRY STYLES I internalize a lot of thoughts, and sometimes it seems like I'm not listening or totally zoned ...
MAREN MORRIS
'Unbreakable Smile' was based off one of the songs I wrote for the album - it was actually t... TORI KELLY I do a lot of American plays. I've done a lot of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Neil Simo...
JACKI WEAVER Songwriter friends will be like, 'Oh my God, when are you going to put out 'Love Triangle?&#...
RAELYNN The team behind 'The Lego Movie' approached me. They wanted to do something extra special fo...
NATHAN SAWAYA
'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song. LUKE BRYAN Coming out of 'Spy Kids,' I immediately wanted to do more grown-up roles, and I was turning ...
DARYL SABARA I remember a song I did called 'If the Good Die Young' - I wanted to have a lead guitar solo...
TRACY LAWRENCE
