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I'm a producer first, and I know music, so I can jump on any song, whether it's pop or urban, without changing me. Whatever I do, I'm gonna make it classic.
Juicy J
Music
Me
Song
First
Whatever
Changing
Classic
Know
Make
Without
Jump
Any
Whether
Urban
Gonna
Producer
Pop
What can I say? I'm just a relevant dude. It's just natural. My hunger's still there. I still keep my ear to the streets. I record every song like it's my last. I just love music. I'm blessed.
Juicy J
Love
Music
Natural
Song
Blessed
Every
Say
Hunger
Relevant
Record
Like
Dude
Still
Just
Keep
Ear
Streets
Last
I basically just write stream of consciousness to a certain extent. I let the song kind of go where it wants to go.
Julia Holter
Song
Stream
Kind
Write
Go
Just
Where
Wants
Certain
Certain Extent
Consciousness
Extent
Basically
The Beatles, even Radiohead, all of my favorite stuff I'd play on the piano. But it was all very secret - for me, for fun. I wasn't going to record myself playing those songs, and it never occurred to me to write a song of my own.
Julia Holter
Myself
Me
Beatles
Song
Own
Secret
Those
Favorite
Record
My Own
Write
Piano
Never
Songs
Stuff
Occurred
Very
Going
Fun
Radiohead
Even
Play
Playing
If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.
Julia Holter
Sad
Me
Song
Kind
Exactly
Exactly What
About
Write
Depressed
Help
Necessarily
I studied Shakespeare in college, but not theatrically, more in terms of literature, and then I kind of took a break from it. Now there's resurgence in my appreciation for him. It's amazing: there are so many book titles and song titles that come just from lines that he wrote.
Julia Stiles
Appreciation
Book
Song
Amazing
College
Took
Kind
Shakespeare
More
Resurgence
Studied
He
Come
Terms
Wrote
Him
Lines
Just
Break
Literature
Titles
Then
Many
Now
I would prefer it if people thought that I didn't work hard, that I just played the guitar for three minutes a week and was like, 'Check out this song - what do you think?' That would be ideal. I would prefer telling people that I'm just truly talented.
Julian Casablancas
Work
You
People
Song
Work Hard
Guitar
Thought
Three
Think
Out
Telling
Would
Would-Be
Minutes
Week
Ideal
Check
Talented
Like
Truly
Just
Prefer
Hard
Played
When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it.
Julian Casablancas
Time
You
Song
Writing
Recording
Finished
First
Sick
Then
Fun
Start
By The Time
When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction. Usually it goes in many directions within each song. They get really convoluted sometimes.
Juliana Hatfield
Song
Writing
Sometimes
Own
Direction
Directions
Concept
Within
Get
Goes
Just
Title
Really
Convoluted
Many
Each
Start
Vague
For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first.
Julie Andrews
Me
Song
First
Lyric
About
Sing
Whenever
Choose
My go to karaoke song is 'Stars' from 'Les Mis', which is Javert's song. And it's super strange, and every time it comes on people are really weirded out, but that's what I do.
June Diane Raphael
Time
Strange
People
Song
Stars
Every
Every Time
Out
Super
Go
Which
Really
Karaoke
Les
I would love to do a song with Janet Jackson. Janet was, is, forever will be, the ultimate. She's the ultimate dream girl for every guy - and for every girl.
Jussie Smollett
Love
Song
Will
Girl
Every
Dream
Would
Guy
She
Ultimate
Forever
Jackson
Janet Jackson
I've never made a bad song.
Justin Bieber
Song
Made
Bad
Never
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
You
Song
Say
Sing
Times
Then
Much
Really
Million
Things
Million Times
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
Me
Song
Sometimes
Somebody
Whatever
Else
Tell
Stuck
Head
Name
Know
Call
Because
Get
Done
Should
Even
I love to give the song away - it's so exciting - where, I think, a lot of younger songwriters, they struggle with that. And it's a big struggle, where they want the shine and they want people to know that it was their idea and it was their doing. But luckily, I've been through that, so I can just focus on helping other people do their thing.
Justin Tranter
Love
Struggle
People
Song
Focus
Big
Shine
Think
Other
Give
Through
Songwriters
Exciting
Idea
Know
Doing
Been
Lot
Just
Where
Want
Younger
Helping
Luckily
Away
Thing
I want to make sure in every song we write that women are given power.
Justin Tranter
Women
Song
Power
Every
Given
Write
Make
Sure
Women Are
Want
The thing is, if you tell your story specifically enough, it becomes so universal. Just because you're a gay man singing an honest love song, people should know that it's about men and that they can still relate to it.
Justin Tranter
Love
Gay
You
Man
People
Song
Men
Singing
Enough
Relate
Tell
About
Know
Because
Becomes
Still
Just
Just Because
Story
Should
Your
Specifically
Thing
Universal
Honest
If a song I'm lucky enough to be a part of comes on the radio, it's definitely really cool and exciting, but I can't focus on anything but the song. Same if one of my songs comes on in a restaurant. I can't just carry on a conversation.
Justin Tranter
Conversation
Song
Focus
Enough
Definitely
Carry
Restaurant
Songs
Part
Exciting
Same
Just
Anything
Really
Cool
Radio
Lucky
I really do pride myself on being able to help other people tell their stories and bring out the best in them. But I still, every song I'm writing, I still need to relate to it. I still need to find my true self in it, or else it'll feel dishonest. I mean, everything has a queer meaning as far as I'm concerned.
Justin Tranter
Best
Myself
People
Song
Writing
Pride
Every
Other
Relate
Else
Everything
Out
Tell
Find
Able
Self
True
Feel
Concerned
True Self
Still
Queer
Being
As Far As
Dishonest
Stories
Mean
Them
Meaning
Far
Really
Help
Bring
Need
You can tell if something feels special. But there are so many moving parts involved in making the song a hit. The radio has to deliver, the management has to deliver in terms of booking the right promotions... just being a good song isn't enough.
Justin Tranter
Good
You
Song
Management
Enough
Booking
Tell
Promotions
Something
Good Song
Deliver
Feels
Involved
Terms
Parts
Making
Hit
Just
Being
Moving
Moving Parts
Special
Radio
Many
Right
I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit down, and all these words that told a story would come out. There's one Bon Iver song called 'Blood Bank' that is more representative of an older lineage of songs, which I like and I sort of miss. But it just doesn't happen anymore for me.
Justin Vernon
Me
Song
Writing
Words
Sit
Sense
Down
Older
Way
Out
Kind
Would
More
Write
Songs
Miss
Come
Like
Sort
Lineage
Blood
Bank
Representative
Just
Anymore
Happen
Story
Which
Used
My dream collaboration would be to work with Drake. Honestly, he's an amazing songwriter, and I feel like if we got the opportunity to do a song, it would be the most amazing thing to ever hit people's ears.
Justine Skye
Work
People
Song
Opportunity
Amazing
Honestly
Drake
Ears
Collaboration
Dream
Would
Would-Be
Songwriter
He
Feel
Like
Most
Most Amazing
Got
Amazing Thing
Hit
Ever
Thing
As a songwriter you have an umbilical cord to the song and it's hard to expand on your understanding of the lyrics. Whereas when you cover a song you can create your own reason why you're attached to it.
K. D. Lang
You
Song
Understanding
Own
Lyrics
Attached
Songwriter
Cover
Expand
Whereas
Create
Your
Hard
Reason
Why
Cord
Many of us were raised without a father, and the subject of deadbeat dads hits home in a lot of areas. Most of all, doing a song about being a father to your daughter flies straight in the face of the argument that says hip-hop is misogynistic.
KRS-One
Home
Song
Father
Face
Daughter
Argument
Says
About
Area
Most
Without
Hip-Hop
Doing
Were
Subject
Lot
Hits
Being
Straight
Us
Your
Flies
Many
Dads
Raised
Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want.
Kacey Musgraves
People
Song
Writing
Too Many People
Focus
Think
Too
Would
Write
Want
Should
Radio
Many
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