The Edge
Related REBA MCENTIRE Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or ... KARA DIOGUARDI If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my so... JAMES IHA TOM PETTY I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn&... ERIC AVERY I don't do filler songs. I don't get them. They don't make any sense to me. Why would I ... BETTY WHO No, I got my web site going and said I have the record out. People were just falling on the floor - ... JACKIE DESHANNON When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four ba... RANDY BACHMAN I've always loved doing covers. Some artists don't like covers. Some listeners don't lik... GREG LASWELL I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've e... MALCOLM WILSON I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to ke... RICHARD MARX In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept w... BENMONT TENCH JOE PERRY ETTA JAMES PAUL SIMON MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much ... ART ALEXAKIS ADAM DURITZ JOHN OATES JACK WHITE I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit ... JUSTIN VERNON MICK JAGGER JAY-Z A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don&#... BRANTLEY GILBERT OLLY MURS PATTI SMITH TRACY CHAPMAN I've written some songs that are pretty scary, but 'Jessica,' 'Ramblin' Man,'... DICKEY BETTS DARLENE LOVE DIERKS BENTLEY I'm not saying you have to be totally despondent or anything, but... in New York, it's cold ... TOM ODELL When your hair is rising, that's when you know it's a good song - that's happened to me ... JOSE GONZALEZ REBA MCENTIRE With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album y... PRISCILLA AHN I guess I've never been introduced properly to Pink Floyd. I know they're great, don't g... PHIL ANSELMO Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I co... JAKE OWEN The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been ... TAYLOR HANSON BLAKE SHELTON BILLY CORGAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES BONNIE RAITT When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how ... JENNY LEWIS It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that ... DAVID NAIL We've gone further on this album, where we have a Big Band song, kind of a Sinatra-type song; we... ZAC BROWN HENRY ROLLINS I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part ... JIM VARNEY It's really hard to write personal songs. I'm not good at writing ditties because as far as ... EMILY ROBISON FETTY WAP BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DAVID BOWIE DAVID JOHANSEN We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of I... JIMMY CARL BLACK And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to w... PRISCILLA AHN It's a farmers market. You can get whatever - peaches, a sandwich. There might be a little band ... CRAIG ROBINSON TAYLOR KITSCH CHRIS CORNELL T-PAIN It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything a... TANYA TUCKER JOSH TURNER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's... LAURA OSNES JOE PERRY CHANTAL KREVIAZUK OLLY MURS My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way. MARC ALMOND You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, whe... JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE PATRICK NESS ED SHEERAN I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible... DAN HILL Part of doing mash-ups is getting the legal rights to use the songs. If you're going to do a mas... HARVEY MASON, JR. OPRAH WINFREY I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kin... BEN GIBBARD GREG GRAFFIN I try and make all my songs sound different from each other while doing it in a way that's still... CHER LLOYD NICK CAVE Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for t... LESLEY GORE There's certain songs that you're gonna record that you hope to touch people and change live... TYLER FARR Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident. NATASHA HAMILTON ANDRAE CROUCH We didn't play any Joy Division songs for 10 years after the start of New Order, which was a ver... BERNARD SUMNER I don't know any Beatles songs. My dad never listened to Elvis or Sting or Bowie. Any band name ... FKA TWIGS BEN E. KING ERIC IDLE When no one's buying your records, it's easy to justify selling a song. But once you start s... PATRICK CARNEY It's not that I'm trying to write another '7 Years' or a new version of 'Mama Sa... LUKAS FORCHHAMMER FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Many times, people have come up to me after singing some songs, and they'd say, 'Richie, do ... RICHIE HAVENS ANDREW FLETCHER Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt ... FLEUR EAST RUSSELL SMITH JACK VANCE AIMEE MANN AURORA In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective. KACEY MUSGRAVES To be a good director, you have to spend a lot of time on actual sets, but today, there's a lot ... C. THOMAS HOWELL You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the ... RANDY BACHMAN I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them... ALAN JACKSON It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs. ADAM JONES I think a lot of my fans are anxious for more than just my singles. They know I'm a dreamer. The... BIG SEAN
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That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic g... 
Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the sam... 
Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while ... 
You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, tha... 
I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a ... 
I don't just want to sing about simplistic things all the time. It's good to have a mix of s... 
Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums ha... 
I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton J... 
I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a p... 
I have a lot of songs, and I'd love to do some more recording with the band. 
I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's ga... 
I don't think Flo Rida gets on just any song. If you look at the songs he has done - even The Sa... 
I don't believe any artist who says, 'I had to do that because DJs will tell me I can't ... 
Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a co... 
A lot of times, that's hard to capture: what you sound like in person versus what you sound like... 
I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it ta... 
I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd... 
People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don&... 
Sometimes I don't go into the studio for quite a while because I haven't found enough good s... 
I don't cuss in songs. It's too easy. 
There's gonna be a lot of great songs, but there ain't going to be another 'Trap Queen.&... 
Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes ... 
I'm wallowing in the whole idea of just being a guy out there with a band, with songs. It's ... 
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People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during ... 
To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when y... 
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Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they we... 
You look at what One Direction has done and just say, 'That is just lucky;' it is not. It is... 
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The challenge of life, I have found, is to build a resume that doesn't simply tell a story about... 
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I do go back and listen to my songs. I'm biting my fingernails the whole way through, but I do l... 
It doesn't take me long to write songs. 
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For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha... 
I'm the most boring person to talk to. 
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He who promises runs in debt. 
For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude. 
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ... 
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc... 
This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj... 
The sun will set without thy assistance. 
God helps those who persevere. 