Ayumi Hamasaki quote: "I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me."

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.
AYUMI HAMASAKI

I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny ...
EL DEBARGE

It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I wa...
SAMIRA WILEY

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessnes...
ANDREW BIRD

Even if my songs are quite sad or quite dark, I don't want my songs to make people sad. It's...
AURORA

People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don&...
BILLY CORGAN

Sportsmen just do what they do. I'm not trying to be a role model. If there's any inspiratio...
ANTHONY JOSHUA

It's warts and all in my songs, and I think that's why people can relate to them.
ADELE

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achiev...
TAMORA PIERCE

The streets made me. They stay at me. There's nothing that's gonna take away from my legacy....
LIL' KIM

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permiss...
LANA DEL REY

I started writing my own songs from the time I was a little kid. I would write my own lyrics to othe...
BONNIE MCKEE

A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people&#...
RACHEL MINER

I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger...
PAUL WELLER

In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting...
BEBE REXHA

I've been making movies a long time. I'm a professional at it. I'm not a professional at...
JAMES GUNN

As far as I'm concerned, I own my dogs as I own my body. My legs are with me when I take a showe...
ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS

As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo...
MARTIN GORE

I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become ...
MADELEINE PEYROUX

With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be ...
J. TILLMAN

I heard my mother talking badly of me to people who were talking badly of me in her salon. That'...
VINCENT GALLO

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I w...
LANA DEL REY

I'm focusing on me. I'm focusing on my family's security, my family's financial secu...
CONOR MCGREGOR

I'm a Honey G fan. She can spit some vibes on one of my songs; she's got rhymes for days! Sh...
JAMES ARTHUR

It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K.,...
TEDDY SEARS

I'm a songwriter who's put my childhood memories and teenage angst into songs.
PAULA COLE

I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, wr...
LUDACRIS

I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something th...
LAURA MVULA

Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons...
RACHEL PLATTEN

I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am...
CHARLI XCX

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.
ROBERT SMITH

My mother is an actress, and my aunt Margaux was a model. And it's funny, as much as I'm all...
DREE HEMINGWAY

Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs,...
ELLIE GOULDING

Singing is my passion, regardless of anything else that I've ever done. That's the one thing...
ALEX NEWELL

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice ...
LISA LOEB

For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even witho...
WASHED OUT

I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 ...
HALSEY

I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day. That's why I'm trying to ...
AARON RODGERS

I have a lot of memos in my phone of songs; I've had dreams about a melody. It's always melo...
NICK JONAS

Most of the people you see me working for me are actually with me. And I'm proud to say that I&#...
MAXWELL

I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great...
SAMANTHA MUMBA

Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' had a lot of good songs. It's my range, so I use it ...
AMY LEE

That's the real work, being away from my loved ones, my family, my household. There's nothin...
ROMAN REIGNS

I'm always thinking about songs and how I can sing a song that would resonate with my voice, my ...
JOHNNY MATHIS

I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. T...
DONOVAN BAILEY

I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are ...
VICTORIA JUSTICE

What I've learned is that it's okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be f...
WILLIAM KRAFT

I try and make all my songs sound different from each other while doing it in a way that's still...
CHER LLOYD

See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to imp...
RACHAEL HARRIS

It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And &...
ADAM FERRARA

I think of music as creating a space. I like to put things in that are comforting to me and are nost...
JAMILA WOODS

I'm developing more stuff in my voice, more Nick Swardson. It's me as myself in a sense and ...
NICK SWARDSON

As much as I appreciate people putting me in the category of these very acrobatic belters, I feel li...
IDINA MENZEL

I don't care what people say about my relationship; I don't care what they say about my boob...
KATY PERRY

I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It&...
DARIUS RUCKER

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to see...
BIRDY

When I hear people say that Fox News is right wing, I know that's not true, because I'm the ...
SHEPARD SMITH

The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why th...
ADELE

I'm embracing new technology to record my songs, and it's a wonderful way to interact with p...
DAVID COVERDALE

I would love to have a rapper on one of my songs, like Ludacris, or the 'it's so hot in here...
LATOYA JACKSON

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me...
DEREK JETER

I'm very lucky that people are able to say, 'Oh, that's that Moody Blues guy!' I'...
JUSTIN HAYWARD

Whenever I sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' the way people sing along with me still excite...
BONNIE TYLER

If God wants to take my left arm, that's OK, as long as I can walk and play with my kids. I'...
MANUTE BOL

I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm do...
LAURA MVULA

I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female charac...
RYAN GOSLING

My pump-up songs before I compete are not the usual. They're more girly songs. I love 'The C...
KACY CATANZARO

I'm so fascinated with the study of people and why they are the way they are. That's my rese...
SARA CANNING

I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice...
SAM SMITH

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.
AYUMI HAMASAKI

I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. W...
BENJAMIN BRATT

It's an interesting line that I walk. The AIDS crisis has done a lot for my songs and made them ...
DAVID FRIEDMAN

We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We...
AVRIL LAVIGNE

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. M...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I don't think of my songs as sad songs. I think of them as vulnerable and honest. I crack jokes ...
MARY LAMBERT

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, a...
PAUL STANLEY

My mom's a concert pianist, so she started teaching me when I was around seven. When I was eight...
BIRDY

So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C...
FERGIE

They should invent some way to tape-record your dreams. I've written songs in my dreams that wer...
ALICE COOPER

I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised th...
WILLIAM PETERSEN

I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for...
COCO LEE

I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobo...
KIRK DOUGLAS

What I'm trying to achieve with my surgery is my own personal satisfaction. It's narcissism.
PETE BURNS

That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and t...
ZOE KRAVITZ

I can do a good roast with my eyes closed. I'm amazing with gravy. That's my speciality; eve...
KATE MOSS

I created my lane. No one can ever run my lane because it's mine. I'm the Michael Jackson of...
YOUNG JEEZY

I don't even think of it as a strategy. It's me in my element; it's my forte. Me being w...
STORMZY

For me, songwriting is really where it's at. I turn to use the guitar just to help me write the ...
MARK KNOPFLER

I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton'...
BRUNO MARS

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As l...
AI WEIWEI

I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm ...
JACK KEANE

I tend to not listen to my own music when I'm not working on it. No real reason other than it...
TRENT REZNOR

I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times th...
TONY DORSETT

When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an im...
VALERIE JUNE

The main focus for me is not trying to find duet partners. It's about just making great songs. I...
JOHN LEGEND

I get to travel around the world and meet all of these amazing people, and they're singing my so...
KINA GRANNIS

I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for...
AUDRA MCDONALD

My legs are really long and that's cool apparently, but I'm totally klutzy. I mean, I'm ...
TAYLOR MOMSEN

My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's ...
MARIO LEMIEUX

Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest wi...
BRENDON URIE

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me.

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I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me.

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