I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
If my life were a song it'd be called 'Here I Am' because here I am - I mean, I'm Thia and I'm here to me me, I'm here to express myself musically which I find is the best way to express myself.
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song.
I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.
There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.
In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.
American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.
'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song.
Stevie didn't use the technology to drive the song. He used it to enhance. I use the tools to further my work, I don't use my work to further the tools.
There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.
I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.