My music is rock. I listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers and I listen to one of my songs, and if I don't give you the same emotion, then I go back and re-spit.
I play my own music. Fans come out to hear the songs I've made.
I could say that 'Exile On Main Street' was my favourite or whatever, but I'm more about the songs and the artists and the sound that they bring.
I must have in stock 3000 songs you've never heard.
They [The Beatles ] were the first band to write their own songs in Britain because we always just covered American songs before that.
We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.
I do craft songs, that this is designed. It's almost like the song was written to produce this desired effect. And it probably really works for somebody. It's maybe somebody's favorite tune, and it's really hard to come down on that, even if I feel a little embarrassed for it. Because some songs are written like a commercial, and that can be a little strange.
I changed my hopes to being a singer [when I was a child] and sat around with my hair in my face droning Mac Davis songs. Writing was sort of a last stand. Come to think of it, it was the only "talent" I had that anyone asked for more of.
I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.
The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.
I want to write songs and play them for people - live.
I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.
Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife.
As far as Rap goes Tupac was my favorite, I used to sing some of his songs in my set before I ever met his dad.
I'm always working on lots of songs at once. For me it's very emotionally driven.
Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.
Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.
Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs. . I don't think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be about
I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.
As far as the bands that are reforming now, it's always nice to see old friends and hear some of those great songs, but it's just not our thing.
