Songs Quotes

I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.

I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film - after that, they can go away and say that was great, and go back to their problems. I don't want to change the world with our music. There are no hidden messages in our songs, except for some of Brian's.

Most of my songs are love ballads and things to do with sadness and torture and pain.

I seem to write a lot of sad songs because I'm a very tragic person. But there's always an element of humour at the end.

I think all my songs are under the label emotion​. The more I open up, the more I get hurt, so basically what happens is I'm just riddled with scars.

I was always keen to do a solo album. I just wanted it to be the right time and the right place so that I could actually work properly on the songs that I wanted to do before I got too old.

My songs are like Bic razors. For fun, for modern consumption. You listen to it, like it, discard it, then on to the next. Disposable pop.

I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of time.

I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has.

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Songs should follow the state of mind of the actor on screen. It can be grammatically perfect, you know, with all those embellishments that the ustads are good at, only if you're singing for a film on, say, the life of Tansen.

Five or six songs leaked from the original version of 'Encore.' So I had to go in and make new songs to replace them.

If there's not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.

Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

I always loved those songs. And with my high tenor, I thought I was pretty good - you know? - almost as good as Dennis Day.