Sometimes I have thought that a song should look disappointing on the page – a little thin, perhaps, a little repetitive, or a little on the obvious side, or a mixture of all of these things. – James Fenton
When I write, I don’t really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I’m going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later. – John Legend
I don’t know why my brain has kept all the words to the Gilligan’s Island theme song and has deleted everything about triangles. – Jeff Foxworthy
There’s only so many things to sing about, so what’s going to make a song appeal to you more than someone else’s is just a unique way of saying the same thing. – Jakob Dylan
Some of the songs on the radio are really outrageous. I listen to the lyric. If the lyric doesn’t make sense, I don’t like the song. – Johnny Van Zant
It’s a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are? – Jakob Dylan
I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough. – Isaac Rosenberg
If I’m on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I’ll pocket those emotions and put them in a song. – Jessie J
The title song of David Bowie’s ‘Young Americans’ is one of his handful of classics, a bizarre mixture of social comment, run-on lyric style, English pop and American soul. – Jon Landau
It’s amazing when you’re playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they’re singing parts of your song back to you. – Jason Derulo
You can say things a million times, but if you can’t sing it, then it really isn’t much of a song. – Justin Timberlake
The easiest songs to write are pure fiction. There is no limit to how you can tell the story. I find it difficult when I’m replaying an event through a song. – Jason Mraz
When I was still in the Yardbirds, our producer, Mickie Most, would always try to get us to record all these horrible songs. During one session, we recorded ‘Ten Little Indians,’ an extremely silly song that featured a truly awful brass arrangement. – Jimmy Page
We’ve all had that experience where we hear a song that we’ve liked for many years, and we finally hear what the writer tells us what it’s about, and you’re often disappointed. – Jakob Dylan
Sometimes I don’t even know what to name a song when I get done with it, and I’ll let somebody else tell me what I should call it because it’s whatever stuck in their head. – Justin Timberlake
I wrote the song ‘Angels Standing By’… to try and soothe myself – rock myself to sleep, basically – because I was so scared and stressed. – Jewel
The last name is pronounced Jill-en-hall. It’s spelled with two l’s, two a’s. We have a song in my family; G-Y-Double L – EN – HAAL spells Gyllenhaal. It’s a Swedish name. It’s a family heirloom set to music. – Jake Gyllenhaal
My favorite song is ‘No Air,’ a duet I did with Chris Brown. I don’t want to sound weird or anything, but I listen to it a lot – it’s always on my iPod! – Jordin Sparks
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? – John Mellencamp
Presented with a song like Exit Music, It’s impossible to know what to add without actually making it worse. How can you play along when It’s already there? – Jonny Greenwood
I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don’t find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey’s years. – Jay Kay
You know what, I am not gonna lie, that Taylor Swift ‘Trouble’ song? I can’t resist that song. Her melodies are very catchy. – Jacob Artist
I don’t want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me. – Irrfan Khan