Stephin Merritt Quotes About Writing

• There's already a great deal to do writing the songs. And if I were completely in control of it, nobody would be able to say "this song doesn't work."

  Stephin Merritt

  Canción, Escritura

  Fuente: pitchfork.com

• If you want to write a love song, you need to not try to write it for a particular person in a particular situation. It needs to be vague, otherwise you're going to fall into trap after trap of trying to rhyme with somebody's name. Keep it vague.

  Stephin Merritt

  Song, Fall, Writing

  Fuente: www.avclub.com

• Escribo canciones sentado en bares, así que las canciones para beber son un poco obvias. Es sorprendente que no escriba canciones totalmente de beber, ya que, de hecho, estoy bebiendo mientras escribo la canción. La bebida y el amor son las dos principales fuentes de placer fuera de la música. En realidad, no hay muchas fuentes de placer. Eso es todo. Bueno, también hay otras artes. Pero ninguna de ellas es tan placentera como la música, a nivel físico.

  Stephin Merritt

  Song, Art, Drinking

  Fuente: www.avclub.com

• Yeah, except that when I write pop songs I have pretty strict constraints that I impose on myself. 69 Love Songs is a constraint. That the titles have to begin with "I'"s is a relatively strict constraint. Charm of the Highway Strip is all travel songs. And I am free to change the plot slightly to accommodate something that happens to rhyme conveniently.

  Stephin Merritt

  Song, Writing, Rhyme

  Fuente: pitchfork.com

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