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Once you start to perform it live, this happens even more so than in the studio. They really start to develop a personality that takes shape over time with the audience.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a32514/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/32514.v3.jpg" alt="Matt Shultz"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Matt Shultz</span> </a> <a href="/b387/"><span itemprop="legalName">Cage the Elephant</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16998e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16998e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a32514/16998e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%27s%20funny%20when%20you%20start%20writing%20an%20album%20and%20then%20recording%20-%20the%20songs%20begin%20to%20take%20on%20a%20spirit%20of%20their%20own.%20Once%20you%20start%20to%20perform%20it%20live%2C%20this%20happens%20even%20more%20so%20than%20in%20the%20studio.%20They%20really%20start%20to%20develop%20a%20personality%20that%20takes%20shape%20over%20time%20with%20the%20audience.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa32514%2F16998e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/270/">Writing</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1015/">Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/426/">Personality</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4996/37a19/">Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone. They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on. And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song. Oh I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4996/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/4996.v2.jpg" alt="Leonard Cohen"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Leonard Cohen</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="37a19"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="37a19" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4996/37a19/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Oh%20the%20sisters%20of%20mercy%2C%20they%20are%20not%20departed%20or%20gone.%20They%20were%20waiting%20for%20me%20when%20I%20thought%20that%20I%20just%20can%27t%20go%20on.%20And%20they%20brought%20me%20their%20comfort%20and%20later%20they%20brought%20me%20this%20song.%20Oh%20I%20hope%20you%20run%20into%20them%2C%20you%20who%27ve%20been%20travelling%20so%20long.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4996%2F37a19%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/586/">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/679/">Waiting</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9508/0bd43/">I haven't been able to write a song about flying. 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But for me, there's nothing like being up there.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a9508/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/9508.v3.jpg" alt="Dexter Holland"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Dexter Holland</span> </a> <a href="/b548/"><span itemprop="legalName">The Offspring</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0bd43"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0bd43" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9508/0bd43/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20haven%27t%20been%20able%20to%20write%20a%20song%20about%20flying.%20It%20just%20sounds%20cheesy.%20But%20for%20me%2C%20there%27s%20nothing%20like%20being%20up%20there.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9508%2F0bd43%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1892/">Flying</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6183/">Cheesy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a11074/07a296/">You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean Most of all You're my best friend</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11074/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/11074.v7.jpg" alt="Don Williams"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Don Williams</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a1032/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/1032.v7.jpg" alt="Nate Ruess"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Nate Ruess</span> </a> <a href="/b839/"><span itemprop="legalName">Fun.</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="08a2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="08a2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1032/08a2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=As%20a%20songwriter%20I%20hate%20this%20whole%2C%20%27If%20it%27s%20a%20sad%20song%2C%20it%20has%20to%20sound%20like%20a%20sad%20song%20thing.%27%20And%20that%20goes%20all%20the%20way%20back%20to%20my%20days%20with%20the%20Format.%20I%27m%20an%20insane%20narcissist%2C%20so%20if%20I%20have%20to%20get%20something%20off%20my%20chest%2C%20I%27ll%20get%20something%20off%20my%20chest.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1032%2F08a2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/55/">Hate</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1226/">Sad</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5903/">Narcissist</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a8162/316362/">As much as heartbreak music might be therapeutic, we all want love and long for that feeling. 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The combination of the two-as best exemplified in the love song-is the best courtship of all.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a11159/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/11159.v3.jpg" alt="Daniel Levitin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Daniel Levitin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01a55f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01a55f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a11159/01a55f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=As%20a%20tool%20for%20the%20activation%20of%20specific%20thoughts%2C%20music%20is%20as%20good%20as%20language.%20The%20combination%20of%20the%20two-as%20best%20exemplified%20in%20the%20love%20song-is%20the%20best%20courtship%20of%20all.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa11159%2F01a55f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/290/">Thoughts</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9620/0a786/">'Roc The Life' is a song I wrote with The Dream, who made 'Umbrella,' 'Single Ladies' and loads more.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a9620/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/9620.v16.jpg" alt="Rita Ora"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Rita Ora</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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I didn't know how.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3570/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/3570.v12.jpg" alt="Fiona Apple"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Fiona Apple</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="39e5"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="39e5" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3570/39e5/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20wanted%20to%20write%20a%20happy%20song.%20I%20didn%27t%20know%20how.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3570%2F39e5%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/56/">Know</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1640/21568/">We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1640/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/1640.v4.jpg" alt="Rakul Preet Singh"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Rakul Preet Singh</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="21568"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21568" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1640/21568/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20shot%20%27Telusa%20Telusa%27%20song%20in%20Bolivia.%20It%20took%20us%2050%20hours%20to%20get%20to%20the%20location.%20We%20shot%20in%20high%20altitudes%2C%20and%20oxygen%20cylinders%20were%20kept%20handy.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1640%2F21568%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1037/">High</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2645/">Location</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1273/228e7/">When I auditioned for drama college, they asked me to do my Shakespeare. I couldn't do it. They asked me to do my modern, and I couldn't do it. They asked me if I had a song prepared, and I said 'No,' so I sang 'Happy Birthday.' And I did a reasonable improvisation, a reasonable one, nothing special at all. I don't know how I got in, but I did.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1273/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/19/1273.v7.jpg" alt="Hans Matheson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Hans Matheson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="228e7"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="228e7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1273/228e7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20I%20auditioned%20for%20drama%20college%2C%20they%20asked%20me%20to%20do%20my%20Shakespeare.%20I%20couldn%27t%20do%20it.%20They%20asked%20me%20to%20do%20my%20modern%2C%20and%20I%20couldn%27t%20do%20it.%20They%20asked%20me%20if%20I%20had%20a%20song%20prepared%2C%20and%20I%20said%20%27No%2C%27%20so%20I%20sang%20%27Happy%20Birthday.%27%20And%20I%20did%20a%20reasonable%20improvisation%2C%20a%20reasonable%20one%2C%20nothing%20special%20at%20all.%20I%20don%27t%20know%20how%20I%20got%20in%2C%20but%20I%20did.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1273%2F228e7%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/288/">College</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/630/">Drama</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a8403/083cb/">But now if I can wrap myself up in that song, and when that song gets to be a part of me, and affects me emotionally, then the emotions that I go through, chances are I鈥檒l be able to communicate to you. Make the people out there become a part of the life of this song that you鈥檙e singing about. That鈥檚 soul when you can do that.1</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a8403/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/8403.v4.jpg" alt="Ray Charles"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ray Charles</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="083cb"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="083cb" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a8403/083cb/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=But%20now%20if%20I%20can%20wrap%20myself%20up%20in%20that%20song%2C%20and%20when%20that%20song%20gets%20to%20be%20a%20part%20of%20me%2C%20and%20affects%20me%20emotionally%2C%20then%20the%20emotions%20that%20I%20go%20through%2C%20chances%20are%20I%E2%80%99ll%20be%20able%20to%20communicate%20to%20you.%20Make%20the%20people%20out%20there%20become%20a%20part%20of%20the%20life%20of%20this%20song%20that%20you%E2%80%99re%20singing%20about.%20That%E2%80%99s%20soul%20when%20you%20can%20do%20that.1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa8403%2F083cb%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9418/220b0a/">'I Want To Hold Your Hand' is a great classic by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, I sure love that song. 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