You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.
People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.
A song is a lot of things. But, first of all, a song is the voice of its time. Setting words to music gives them weight, makes then somehow easier to say, and it helps them to be remembered.
To sing is to bring to life; impossible if the words are mediocre, however good the music.
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song.
Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.
A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.
There's only so many things to sing about, so what's going to make a song appeal to you more than someone else's is just a unique way of saying the same thing.
If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.