"I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything worthwhile, it certainly 'feels' like it happened on the spur of the moment, but it's a composite of lots of spurs of the moment, hopefully. And over time, you catch up with those, and then you have a full set of lyrics you've thought of and you feel comfortable singing."

-- Jeff Tweedy

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Editing Quotes

“The letters don't get their true delight, when done in haste & discomfort, nor merely done with diligence & pain, but first when they are created with love and passion.”
“The nation doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.”
“Experience does not give you wisdom, it gives you habits.”
“Don't drag anchors of unforgiveness into your relationships. Forgive who you need to forgive. Reach out to someone who may be able to help you work this through. Don't drag around those things that "encumber" you.”
“I'm always trying to want to connect with fans and to connect them to each other. I mean, there's other things that I'm trying to do, but in terms of connectivity, that is really important to me. And I am a smaller artist still and there are people that are super passionate about my music, but not everyone in their circle knows about me. But yeah, I've always trying to find ways to connect fans to each other.”

Source : Source: www.billboard.com
“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”
“We comes from God, I from the Devil.”

Source : Yevgeny Zamyatin (1993). “We: New Edition”, p.115, Penguin
“Iâ€™m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, Iâ€™ve deprioritized the role of writing in my life. I do it when Iâ€™ve not got anything better to do â€“ and even then I often do nothing instead.”

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