The hits always wind up being the songs with big, high choruses. They're the ones too high to sing every night - not that you'll ever, ever hear me complain about having to try.
I think a lot of the writing, you know, I write is just kind of like that where, you know. I write exactly how I'm feeling sometimes, and hardships that I'm going through. But I always end up, like the choruses are like, "God, You are good. God, you're faithful. You know, I know You understand, You're right here by my side. " All these different things. And I just say very personal experiences that I've been through. I mean, it's not always detrimental thing.
His (Swami Vivekananda) words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I cannot touch these sayings of his, scattered as they are through the pages of books, at thirty years' distance, without receiving a thrill through my body like an electric shock. And what shocks, what transports, must have been produced when in burning words they issued from the lips of the hero!
I'm fortunate in that I've grown up in a worshipping tradition which is quite rich musically (and music is very important to me) and has a wonderful resource of hymns from all sorts of different parts of the Church. . . and to go to church and be able to sing that stuff and listen to a Bach motet or indeed some charismatic choruses.
I love music that has good catchy choruses and fits into many different genres. . . . I like real artists, that write their own material and are great performers.
If I'm not saying it in four choruses or less, then I'm not saying it.
My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.
Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.
