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Great songs aren't written, they're rewritten

R.C. Bannon

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R.C. Bannon
American - Musical Artist
Born: May 2, 1945

Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then edited, then rewritten, then given to kings for them to take their favorite parts, then rewritten, then re-rewritten, then translated again, then given to the pope for him to approve, then rewritten, then edited again, the re-re-re-re-rewritten again...all based on stories that were told orally 30 to 90 years AFTER they happened.. to people who didnt know how to write... so...

David Cross

I've always covered some Dylan songs. I do one or two. And I do them because they're great songs. You know some people cover songs they wish they could have written, not me. I like to cover songs I know I could not have ever written.

Sixto Rodriguez

Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.

Piers Paul Read

I feel happy about the songs I've written. I'm a great lover of the craft of songwriting, and I sure admire it in other people when I see it - past and present. I feel comfortable with what I have accomplished. I feel happy to be able to work in that environment, and that I have a lot of songs left to be written, somewhere.

John Fogerty

The enemy is not the badly written page; it is the empty page the great advantage of a badly written page is that it can be rewritten. It can be improved. A blank page is zero. In fact, it’s worse than zero, because it represents territory you’re afraid, unwilling, or too lazy to explore. Avoid exploring this territory long enough, and you’ll abandon your book.

Timothy Hallinan

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.

Phyllis A. Whitney

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

Phyllis A. Whitney

Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!

Michael Crichton

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

Stephen Sondheim

I've never written songs about relationships. I've written songs about how I feel. The songs are more about me, than another person. That's the way I like to look at it.

Marilyn Manson

I was sand, I was snow—written on, rewritten, smoothed over.

Margaret Atwood

The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city, written, erased, rewritten.

Teju Cole

I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.

Miley Cyrus

It's funny; Luther and I have written many songs together, but we've never written songs in the same room.

Richard Marx

I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll and popular music.

Sixto Rodriguez

I have written quite a lot of songs about dealing with my feelings surrounding the disease. I have written songs about the fear and anxiety I have around my disease, and the fear of it coming back. Some of my songs might seem like relationship songs, but are more about my relationship with that struggle.

Ane Brun

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