Quotes by Songwriters - Page 27

I wrote the song 'Down to Earth' a few years ago, and i was really excited to record it for My World album. It's a huge fan favourite. So many people feel where i'm coming from. It doesn't need any spectacular stage effects in the touring show; the best thing i can do is just sing it straight from my heart. I'm not afraid to show my emotions; if you love someone, you should tell them. If you think a girl is beautiful, you should say that. Usher says some songs work best when there's a sob in the singer's voice. You gotta let that deep feeling come through. And that's how i felt about this song. Sometimes the emotion of it is enough to bring tears to my eyes.
Justin Bieber
Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.Who had nothing, who wanted everything.
Lana Del Rey
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree,there will be an answer, let it be.For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see,there will be an answer. let it be.Let it be, let it be, .....And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light, that shines on me,shine until tomorrow, let it be.I wake up to the sound of music, mother Mary comes to me,speaking words of wisdom, let it be.Let it be, let it be, .....
Paul McCartney
I'm starting with the man in the mirror,I'm asking him to change his ways;And no message could have been any clearer,If you wanna make the world a better place,Take a look at yourself, and then make a change!
Michael Jackson
If they don't like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.
Taylor Swift
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.
Kurt Cobain
If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.
Taylor Swift
There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.
Taylor Swift
Just be yourself, there is no one better.
Taylor Swift
I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
Taylor Swift
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are
Kurt Cobain
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
Kurt Cobain
When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.
Taylor Swift
Some of us go full circle. Some of us blindly go nowhere. The circle doesn’t have to be very large to make a point, kick your ass and/or be entertaining. Remember that and stay light. Even the deaf know good music when they hear it.
Jason Mraz
I was wasting my time, praying for love.For a love that never comes, from someone who does not exist.
Morrissey
It's alright, just wait and see, your string of lights is still bright to me. Who you are is not where you've been. You're still an innocent. It's okay life is a tough crowd, 32 is still growing up now.
Taylor Swift
There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!
Morrissey
Some things take so longBut how do I explainWhen not too many peopleCan see we're all the sameAnd because of all their tearsYour eyes can't hope to seeThe beauty that surrounds themNow, isn't it a pity
George Harrison
Now this might disturb you, but I find I'm OK by myself;and I don't need you or your benevolence to make sense.
Morrissey
Life is but a memory Happened long ago. Theatre full of sadness For a long forgotten show.
Nick Drake
We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.
Gloria Gaither
Being brave means that knowing when you fail, you won't fail forever.
Lana Del Rey
I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
Björk
A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose.
Avi
Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.
Michael Jackson
Be a true Heart, not a follower.
Ed Sheeran
I can chase you, and I can catch you,but there is nothing I can do to make you mine.
Morrissey
God put us here, on this carnival ride. We close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next.
Carrie Underwood
We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.
Thomas Moore
Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.
Bono
Don't leave it all unsaid,somewhere in the wasteland of your head.
Morrissey
I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of those dreams dashed and divided like a million stars in the night sky that I wished on over and over again, sparkling and broken.But I didn't really mind, because I knew that it takes getting everything you ever wanted, and then losing it to know what true freedom is.
Lana Del Rey
Tried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began.
Morrissey
There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life.
Kurt Cobain
Distance sometimes lets you know who is worth keeping, and who is worth letting go.
Lana Del Rey
If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.
Marvin Gaye
I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.
Lana Del Rey
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
Lana Del Rey
I can’t really act the way I want to act, or say what I want to say all the time. And a lot of times, I cover that up with a smile.
Hilary Duff
People are going to say what they want to say and think what they want to think, and I can't change their minds.
Hilary Duff
Disappointment came to me,and booted me,and bruised and hurt me,but that's how people grow up.
Morrissey
Art is the reason I get up in the morning, but the definition ends there. It doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.
Ani DiFranco
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
Michael Jackson
I don’t chase after anyone, If you wanna walk out of my life, then I’ll hold the fucking door open for you.
Wiz Khalifa
Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.
Jason Mraz
We have nothing to lose, nothing to gain, nothing we desired anymore- except to make our lives into a work of art.
Lana Del Rey
Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8 color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64 color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64 color box, though I've got a few missing. It's okay though, because I've got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8 color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation. So when I meet someone who's an 8 color type...I'm like, hey girl, Magenta! and she's like, oh, you mean purple! and she goes off on her purple thing, and I'm like, no I want Magenta!
John Mayer
Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.
Lana Del Rey
I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.
Jason Mraz
Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.
Leonard Cohen
I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another. It's been going on for quite some time now, without me knowing it. I've found that growing up can mean a lot of things. For me, it doesn't mean I should become somebody completely new and stop loving the things I used to love. It means I've just added more things to my list. Like for example, I'm still beyond obsessed with the winter season and I still start putting up strings of lights in September. I still love sparkles and grocery shopping and really old cats that are only nice to you half the time. I still love writing in my journal and wearing dresses all the time and staring at chandeliers. But some new things I've fallen in love with -- mismatched everything. Mismatched chairs, mismatched colors, mismatched personalities. I love spraying perfumes I used to wear when I was in high school. It brings me back to the days of trying to get a close parking spot at school, trying to get noticed by soccer players, and trying to figure out how to avoid doing or saying anything uncool, and wishing every minute of every day that one day maybe I'd get a chance to win a Grammy. Or something crazy and out of reach like that. ;) I love old buildings with the paint chipping off the walls and my dad's stories about college. I love the freedom of living alone, but I also love things that make me feel seven again. Back then naivety was the norm and skepticism was a foreign language, and I just think every once in a while you need fries and a chocolate milkshake and your mom. I love picking up a cookbook and closing my eyes and opening it to a random page, then attempting to make that recipe. I've loved my fans from the very first day, but they've said things and done things recently that make me feel like they're my friends -- more now than ever before. I'll never go a day without thinking about our memories together.
Taylor Swift
You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.
Jason Mraz
Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?I have. I am fucking crazy.But I am free.
Lana Del Rey
I was always an unusual girl.My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean.
Lana Del Rey
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
Neil Young
Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand
Hayley Williams
I've got nothing to do today but smile.
Paul Simon
I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.
Jimi Hendrix
If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there
George Harrison
Never knew what a friendship was, Never knew how to really love, You can't be what I need you to, & I don't know why I fuck with you
Erykah Badu