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Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so. (Piven Jeremy)
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page. (Piven Jeremy)
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. (Piven Jeremy)
The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs. (Piven Jeremy)
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This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. (Piven Jeremy)
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. (Piven Jeremy)
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? (Piven Jeremy)
He who sings, frightens away all his ills. (Piven Jeremy)
When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them. (Piven Jeremy)
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. (Piven Jeremy)
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. (Piven Jeremy)
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming. (Piven Jeremy)
I love songs that are very autobiographical. (Piven Jeremy)
And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process. (Piven Jeremy)
You know, songs often have a very coloured past. They might have something about them but it still doesn't work, so someone else adds a bit, and someone else adds a bit so perhaps one day I'll know its full history. (Piven Jeremy)
Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again (Piven Jeremy)
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people. (Piven Jeremy)
Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was. (Piven Jeremy)
It's kind of a reminder, particularly when you look at his young children, how they gravitate to goodness and to light, ... The idea of the song is that no matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere. (Piven Jeremy)
If It Makes You Happy (Piven Jeremy)
Everything that happens to you influences your writing (Piven Jeremy)
Someone asked me the other day if I was going to wear a yellow dress. (Piven Jeremy)
Under this rock lives someone who rocks. (Piven Jeremy)
Don't the wounded bird still sing? (Piven Jeremy)
Sweet Child O' Mine (Piven Jeremy)
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