And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.
I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
It took me 29 years to finish that song. That's a typical Jardine move.
My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I'd like to think I did that.
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
Without a song, each day would be a century.
I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.
He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles.
Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think it was, from Yes.
The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.
It's hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like - It's never been a factor in what I've done or what the band's done.
I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes.
When I wrote the song, The Way It Is, I wanted to move people to take a stand on civil rights in this country.