Joe Cocker Quotes

What makes that song, I think, is how stark it is.

'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.

Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!

I respect artists so much, and I absolutely love music as the ultimate art.

I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols, also.

I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It's not super-poetic, it's just from the heart.

I love Sara Bareilles. She's just so clever. I wish I were her. She's so awesome.

I still write more songs about girls than anything else.

I love Jessica Simpson. I love her voice. She's amazing.

My father was a beautiful man.

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.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just singing through conviction about what I love and what I care about, starting with the very small.

I think it's such a powerful thing: Words and melodies, and you put them together. I couldn't really picture a world without music. It would be quite boring.

I ain't gon' lie. I got love for Solange. She look sexy to me.

I love what Drake does.

As a songwriter, simplicity - what not to do, what not to play - can be the hardest thing to achieve.

The songs I write and sing try to say important things with a lightness.

Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases.

I just love music. I think it's art.

I love Katy Perry.

There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring melodies are often the simplest.

Itʹs not just the dress or the hair. Itʹs you. Youʹre beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me.ʺ

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes

What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, the smile rueful now. "Because sometimes, a person can get so caught up in the details that they miss the whole. It's not just the dress or the hair. It's YOU. You're beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me.