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Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. Rufus Wainwright

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My mother's songs are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of her death and that is having the gift of music that she gave. Rufus Wainwright

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When it came to using elements of your personal life in your work, my mother was the master, or the mistress. There were three or four songs she wrote about my father - songs about failed love. Rufus Wainwright

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV. Rupert Holmes

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A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. Rupert Holmes

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When I made 'What They Want,' I was going crazy. When I made 'Losin Control,' I was going crazy, when I made all the songs that are on my Soundcloud, every time I was out, I went crazy, like it was still the first song that I made. Russ

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I like making songs and playing '2K.' Russ

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Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry, and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies. There's nothing wrong with songs. Russell Smith

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Frosh-week songs are meant to be offensive because offensive is rebellious. Russell Smith

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I was never chasing to make a career out of it, but every day after school, I'd go to my keyboard and play for four hours and make up songs. It was a constant part of my life. Ruth B

There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues. Ruth Brown

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On 'Heartbreaker,' I had to sing those songs. I drank the way I did those songs. I ate the way I did those songs. I communicated the way I did those songs. With 'Gold,' I was trying to prove something to myself. I wanted to invent a modern classic. Ryan Adams

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I wanted the songs to be themselves, instead of worrying about all this crazy slickster production. Ryan Cabrera

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When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't. Ryan Hurd

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Some songs go super-quick; some take a really long time. Ryan Lewis

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I'm not interested in fad songs. Ryan Tedder

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'Rainy Dayz' and 'Glaciers of Ice,' those two songs - I mean, I just love those songs. Rza

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A lot of my songs are just posing questions, because I'm on a journey to find the answers myself. Sam Fender

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I write all my own songs, so if it goes wrong, I don't co-write anything. It's all going to fall on me. Sam Fender

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I do think I'm country, but your definition of that word might be different from my definition. In my opinion, country music, the sound of country, has always evolved. But the one thing that has not changed is the story element. And I think country songs are truthful songs about life written by country people. Sam Hunt

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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right. Sam Hunt

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