John Wozniak Quotes

To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But the difference is a song doesn't necessarily need a riff, whereas a riff doesn't necessarily mean you've got a good song on your hands.

It's great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy.

A great song is a great song.

There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.

'Wrecking Ball' is a great song.

My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's 'I Remember Sky.' It's probably the saddest song of all time; I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.

As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song.

Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not a musical person.

I have many unrecognized talents, but my faults have somehow succeeded in securing wide recognition.

Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it.

Bert Williams was the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.

I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.

The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.

A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.

It was one of God's jokes that such a dumb mind had been put in such an eloquent body.

I love the laconic. Clearly, I am not of their number.

There's a song", I say. "There's always a song", he says.

Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem.

Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.

It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.

Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.

Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy.

A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of it.