“Nowadays people just stand there watching. It's definitely quieter, almost respectful. And as you play the more popular songs, you expect that everyone in the audience will know the lyrics inside out and sing along.”
The Beatles
“There's no insecurity about my song writing. I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.”
Johnny Cash
“We're going to play the song that we wrote for him. It's about Jared and the life he lived. We played it at his funeral. We played it at his burial.”
Cory Moore
“A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.”
Fiona Shaw
“Some people don't want to leave then. They keep asking me to play one more song.”
Gerald Pruitt
“The more you play with people, the more chances you're willing to take. It's an organic thing, how the songs are born. We play something and everyone starts adding to it. It's an intuitive process.”
Janet Weiss
“I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!”
Richard Marx
