Quotes About Art

You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment.

I wanted to write a song called '#1234' that would act as a homage to The Ramones.

Usually when a song comes to me, I don't ask a lot of questions; I hear something, and I just let it out in song. It's like making a salad. Everything I hear, and everything I am, I mix together in a different way in each song.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

A rhyme doesn't make a song.

If I sample a song, I usually make samples out of the whole album. Then I move on after that. Doesn't mean I'm going to release that whole album, but I do that.

Sometimes a song can be born in few minutes, if the feeling is right, some other times it can take days.

I hate it when people try to explain music. The best thing about music is that it's invisible. If you make a song and someone is like, 'Explain it,' and you explain the message, it's like - poof. It all crashes down.

Sometimes being an actor is being a song in someone else's mixtape, so I really understand why more and more actors are making films of their own.

We have to put expressions in a song when we sing it.

You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.

Song writing has been a lifeline for me.

Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I grew up with amazing melodies, so getting that right on a song has always been the key thing for me, but there's no reason why a great melody doesn't deserve great lyrics.

I don't talk with people about how I am feeling - I just usually write a song about it.

A song is an emotional lightning bolt - a good one, anyway.

When pop culture can influence things in any way, when a song becomes something bigger than just a song, that's the greatest thing to me.

I love song and dance films in Bollywood.

The kind of films I do and I've done don't have song and dance sequences.

The moment any film has song and dance sequences - where any time any character can start singing and dancing without any explanation - it can turn into a senseless film.

Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.

I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.

Sad songs are what move people.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

'The Graduate' must be the best use of songs ever in a movie; it adds a layer to the movie you wouldn't ever get from a score.