A close-up on screen can say all a song can.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.
You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.
If all the elements are in place, you should get 80 percent of what a song has to offer no matter how you hear it, whether on headphones or on the radio.
There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.
I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.
It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.
A song is the most intangible thing in the world.
Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.
All music has to speak in some form or other.
You can cage the singer but not the song.