Jenny Scheinman Quotes

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

Music is not simply an orchestration of something, but it's also not something as trivial as honesty.

You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.

People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the sense that they may easily include a stain on your bedroom wall... and a variety of mis-recollections. And then you name it after a girl's name that you just made up.

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting.

If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure in doing the vocal on a number that you can put feeling into.

All I want a song to do is just to kind of present an idea.

Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.

I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance.

A song is anything that can walk by itself.

I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.

A song is the most intangible thing in the world.

I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'

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

Art is more engaging that propaganda.

With most of the songs and music that I've composed, irrespective of the myriad videos made, I was always careful not to overly define the experience, leaving room for people to internalize things for themselves, making their experience more integral.

Music is for dreamers, I think.

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.

I write love songs!

Music is how you feel.

I want to sound like an instrument. I want my voice and my words to marry the beat. I go with the rhythm of it and the words start to come to my mind and those words could be based on things that's been on my mind for the past year, the past month, the past week, whatever; I write it.

Music is an important part of my writing process.

A song has to become as much a part of you as a tailored suit.

The words of the songs speak for themselves.

A song is fire. You react to it primally, instantly. You don't have to decide whether you like it, and you don't really have to sit down and think about it much after you're done listening to it. It really does run through you like wind.