Betsy Hodges Quotes

I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel.

I always tell people, the first time I heard 'She Talks To Angels,' those lyrics did something to me.

Everything always looked better in black and white. Everything always looked as if it were the first time; there's always more people in a black and white photograph. It just makes it seem that there were more people at a gig, more people at a football match, than with colour photography. Everything looks more exciting.

Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring it's memory.

Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life.

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle.

I always remember smelling Chanel No. 5 at home - my mum used to literally pour it, and she rocked it.

I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.

'Purple Rain' is probably the best soundtrack.

Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.

'Imperfiction' will forever be one of my favorite records and moments in time.

I saw 'Purple Rain' in the summer of '84, and, 'Spinal Tap' notwithstanding, it's the greatest rock & roll film of all time. There's so much Prince coming at you that you have to remind yourself he's also a breathtaking guitar player.

Every time I play 'Part of Your World,' a whole part of my life comes back to me. It's just inescapable - it was an innocent time, and a sense of discovery that we were all involved with.

I feel so proud of everything I have achieved and it is lovely that my soundtracks take people back to their first love or holiday.

Nostalgia has always been a key player in my songwriting cause within that space I find a great deal of inspiration.

What's love without a soundtrack, you know?

I was two years old when I saw the mandolin for the first time, and I just loved it. I just loved the sound of it, the shape of it even, and the way it looks. And I still love it, which is a testament to something.

Certain songs bring me back to certain places I've been in my life. So definitely, I listen to my stuff.

Songs, especially lyrics, have always been really important to me.

Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them.

Music is the language of the angels. You can hear just one or two chords, one or two notes of a song, and bam - you're right back there, you're right back in that moment, you're back in that day, you're back at that prom, you're back in the car.

I hear singers on a daily basis and there are some who really end up touching your heart.

I can still remember the first time I heard Tori Amos. It was the fall of 1993, and I was in the back of a colossal '79 Lincoln Coupe Mark V, embarking on some otherwise forgettable road trip somewhere in the Deep South.

What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to.

Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul.