Beth Gibbons Quotes

I feel a composer should not crave to sing songs because songs itself decides its voice. The films where I have given music, I have kept my option for the last. I like to make music and not necessarily singing all the songs.

It is a very serious consideration for a lyricist to step in there and suggest the meaning to a song. The music is speaking for itself.

It is immensely enjoyable to work for an album because there's a lot more creative freedom. In films sometimes, all that the makers care about is making the music commercially appealing.

'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.

I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial.

I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.

In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music.

You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working.

There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.

It was always my dream to do non-film music, where I'm the voice and face of my composition.

I'm definitely trying to make longer songs, but if it's short and good, I'm not going to do anything about it.

Some of the songs on the radio are really outrageous. I listen to the lyric. If the lyric doesn't make sense, I don't like the song.

There are many songs that have become popular and people sing along with it without knowing the meaning of its lyrics.

The creative process for a musician is very different than for a filmmaker. I have an idea, and I can pretty much execute it.

I think what I've learned to focus on is my music, and that's why I made my record independently.

I'm literally am home making my own music unless I'm asked to be in somebody's house writing music for them.

For me, lyrics are the most important thing in a song. And if they don't have meaning, I would never sing them - unless and until someone who loves your work asks me to do so.

I write all my own songs. Everything I did on 'The X Factor' was basically original, except for some of the live shows. Everything I did was original, and I wrote it from the heart.

Obviously 'Stranger Things' has given me the launching pad to have creative license for whatever I want, and I love doing the show, but when it comes to music, I want to distance myself as much as possible.

The great thing about a record is it frees your imagination; it gives your eyes a rest and lets your mind wander. There's the special thing that each record can mean a different thing to every person listening to it.

I get to do my own thing with music. I get to write the songs and sing the songs. As an actor, you have to do what someone else tells you to do and say someone else's words. And you're limited by the way you look and music is just more rewarding creatively for me.

I never wanted to write really cheesy pop lyrics - like, 'baby, baby, the sun is shining' - that's not something that interests me personally. I'm always wanting to write something that has some kind of meaning.

I love getting time to write a piece of music that can settle in and set the tone of the show.

I have a lot of favorite songs. One of them is Lyle Lovett's version of 'If I Needed You.'