Quotes by Song Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took up a lot of space musically in the songs was really important to the way Rush developed. Geddy and Neil both were such active players and lot of the time we were all playing like crazy and it was too much and somebody had to reel it in and me being the faceless guy, I would do that. Alex Lifeson crazy player song A lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..." and that's it. Alex Scally listening song people There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult. Alex Turner cracks writing song Sometimes writing songs is like waiting for deliveries. Alex Turner waiting writing song Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece. Alex Turner perfection writing song I saw that something changed in terms of the way I approach writing. I don't know. Before, everything was just sort of pieced together; and more and more nowadays I'll have complete songs - chords, lyrics, a melody - and we'll apply to those songs what we feel is required. That has happened much more on Humbug album than on any of the others. Alex Turner together writing song DJing for people is fun until someone comes up with a phone screen that has 'PLAY SOME RIHANNA' written on it. I prefer to play older songs because they're the ones I personally enjoy dancing and singing along to and modern dance music bores my brains out. Alexa Chung phones song fun I like songs that sound like classics. There are songs that might be cooler or have better production, but I like songs that sound like they're timeless. Alexa Ray Joel sound song might On the first day of May the people of the crofter townland are up betimes and busy as bees about to swarm. This is the day of migrating, bho baile gu beinn (from townland to moorland), from the winter homestead to the summer sheiling. The summer of their joy is come, the summer of the sheiling, the song, the pipe and the dance, when the people ascend the hill to the clustered bothies, overlooking the distant sea from among the fronded ferns and fragrant heather, where neighbour meets neighbour, and lover meets lover. Alexander Carmichael summer winter song Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Alexander Pope snakes lasts song What will a child learn sooner than a song? Alexander Pope song children But touch me, and no minister so sore. Alexander Pope sacred song long Of little use, the man you may suppose, Alexander Pope song men children I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. Alexander Smith memorial-day singing song I started making hip-hop music when I was 11, and pretty much since then I've just been honing that craft, the craft of arranging a song and producing a beat. It's a task-heavy role, but at this point I really enjoy it and it allows me to convey exactly what I'm trying to get across in a song. Alexander Spit enjoy song trying I like textures and tones. Sometimes, it will be a melodic feedback from a song or something. I like warm, ethereal sounds. That kind of gets covered in every genre of music, so it could be a rock sample, jazz, soul, reggae. Alexander Spit jazz soul song I'd love to do a song with Tom Waits. Around when I was like 17 or 18, my buddy, D-Money, put me on the Tom Waits and I literally at that point got every one of his albums and kind of studied his music. I like that he provides an entire world for the listener. He's hopefully someone that I could vibe with down the line. I'm not sure how it would sound or even how it could work, but he's always been a huge influence. Alexander Spit waiting song world I really don't try to force the creative process. I'm really jealous of those other rappers who just hear a beat and write a song within minutes. I know a lot of rappers like that. I'm the type of artist who kind of has to sit with some stuff for a while. Alexander Spit jealous writing song All things are aggregations of atoms that dance & by their movement produce sound. When the rhythm of the dance changes, the sound it produces also changes... Each atom perpetually sings its song, and the sound at every moment creates dense subtle forms. Alexandra David-Neel movement inspiration song I like listening to the whole song. Like my father says, "If you can't pick the whole song, then why are you playing it?" Alexandra Richards listening song father «1011121314151617181920»