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It's not my style to be thinking about what a record is while I'm making it: I just write songs.
John Darnielle
Style
Thinking
Record
About
Write
Songs
Making
Just
While
My songs tend to sprint toward some epiphany and then explode.
John Darnielle
Some
Tend
Songs
Toward
Sprint
Explode
Epiphany
Then
This is why improvisational music and comedy is so inspiring: You are seeing something being born, and that energy, there is no substitute for. These songs, most of them, are about a minute old when you hear them.
John Darnielle
Music
You
Comedy
Old
Energy
Minute
Seeing
Born
About
Something
Inspiring
Songs
Most
Hear
Improvisational
Being
Substitute
Them
Why
Songs are often character studies.
John Darnielle
Character
Songs
Studies
Often
For years, I've written narrators who aren't gender-identified. When I do autobiographical stuff, that's different, obviously. But I've always tried to keep my songs as potentially not a man's thing.
John Darnielle
Man
Tried
Potentially
Songs
Written
Stuff
Obviously
Always
Years
Autobiographical
Different
Who
Keep
Thing
Our albums just tend to be collections of songs really, because we all write in the group, all four of us.
John Deacon
Group
Our
Collections
Tend
Write
Songs
Because
Just
Us
Really
Four
Albums
We must begin to make what I call 'conscious choices', and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs.
John Denver
Heart
Recognize
Must
Write
Songs
Make
Call
Begin
Same
Place
Really
Choices
Conscious
I went to see 'Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.' I have been a fan of his music for years, and I was invited to opening night because I know one of the producers.
John Edward
Music
Heart
See
David
Songs
Invited
Opening
Know
Because
Been
His
Years
Listen
Fan
Producers
Night
The first eight songs we were using someone else's monitors and it is hard to follow the changes when you are jamming if you can't hear those who you are jamming with.
John Entwistle
You
First
Changes
Else
Those
Follow
Someone
Songs
Were
Hear
Eight
Jamming
Hard
Who
Using
I got a couple on per album but my problem was that I wanted to sing the songs and not let Roger sing them.
John Entwistle
Problem
Per
Songs
Sing
Couple
Got
Roger
Wanted
Them
Album
So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why.
John Fahey
Book
Writing
Country
Few
Own
Else
My Own
Songs
Bought
Nobody
Stuff
Nobody Else
Know
Learnt
Western
Did
Which
Chord
Why
Away
Right
Right Away
Started
I just feel like the songs that come out are the songs that come.
John Frusciante
Out
Songs
Feel
Come
Like
Just
I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.
John Frusciante
Music
Song
Other
Kind
Some
Write
Songs
Because
Doing
Them
Require
I see a lot of people say you just make the music you wanna make and just love what you do, and that is what we do, but I wanna write the best songs we can.
John Gourley
Love
Music
Best
You
People
Say
See
People Say
Write
Songs
Make
Lot
Just
Wanna
It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music and loved writing songs. I always thought I'd be in the background and, if I did get into a band, be a backup musician.
John Gourley
Funny
Music
Writing
Thought
Band
Background
Musician
Backup
No Intention
Had
Songs
Because
Always
Get
Did
Intention
Being
Loved
Loved Playing
Playing
Shy
When I write my songs, I'm writing about the pain, the joy, and the ridiculousness of being a human.
John Grant
Writing
Joy
Pain
About
Write
Songs
Human
Being
My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success.
John Legend
Success
Men
Girl
Kiss
First
Later
More
Attempt
Had
Songs
Come
Well
Go
Grade
Fifth
Used
For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.
John Legend
Love
Me
People
Other
Songs
Songwriter
Cover
Hip-hop is one of the most free art forms there is. There's so many sounds you can use, so many things you can bring in. You never know, man. I bet years ago people would've never said they would hear me with Rick Ross, and we did four classic songs together.
John Legend
Art
Me
You
Man
Together
People
Free
Would
Classic
Bet
Never
Songs
Know
Most
Said
Hip-Hop
Sounds
Hear
Years
Years Ago
Art Forms
Did
Forms
Use
Rick
Many
Things
Four
Bring
U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.
John Lydon
Life
Experience
Band
Life Experience
No Life
Never
Songs
Existed
Any
Should
As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.
John Lydon
Walk
Young
Out
Would
Feature
Never
Songs
Enamoured
Off
Celebrities
Person
Then
Certain
Who
I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.
John Mayall
Shine
Point
Pick
Songs
Make
Always
Which
Really
Players
I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.
John Mayall
Mood
About
Write
Songs
Real
Subject
Dictates
Goes
Really
Things
You have to pack as much as you can in an hour or 70 minutes. This time around it was 15 songs, so it was a challenge to get them all the right length so you could get them all on.
John Mayall
Time
You
Challenge
Minutes
Could
Songs
Hour
Around
Get
Pack
Length
Them
Much
Right
I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks.
John Mayer
Release
Write
Songs
Underground
Tracks
Stick
Order
I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my share of success. Now like the old Irish minstrel, I have hung up my harp because my songs are all sung.
John McCormack
Success
Old
Long
Live
Harp
Hung
Sung
Dream
Long Career
Had
Songs
Share
Days
Like
Operas
Because
Concerts
Up
Irish
Which
Again
Evenings
Now
Career
Night
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