Corey Smith Song Quotes & Sayings

Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U- Niversity of Gottingen. — George Canning

I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having. — Corey Smith

The thought of Kate having that sort of experience, of another man touching her, created a vague knot in his chest. He'd far rather imagine her as virginal and untouched, waiting for him to be her Prince Charming. Damn, he had it bad. — Aden Lowe

I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved. — Corey Smith

I find that it is useless to worry about things I can't control and I can't control how many people come out tonight. All I can do is focus on writing the best songs I can write and performing the best I can perform. — Corey Smith

There is nothing in our book, the Qur'an, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone lays a hand on you, send him to the cemetery. — Malcolm X

The mating rites of mantises are well known: a chemical produced in the head of the male insect says in effect, 'No, I don't go near her, you fool, she'll eat you alive.' At the same time a chemical in his abdomen says, 'Yes, by all means, now and forever yes. — Annie Dillard

When I deal with my struggles in my songs, I feel like most people are going to identify with my struggles because they are essentially dealing with the same things. — Corey Smith

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how to write songs that resonated with people. — Corey Smith

I just try to stay honest with myself and in doing that I feel like the songs are going to resonate. — Corey Smith

In the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism..., the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. Already presuming her desirability, [she] obviates the modern critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic 'value — Amelia Jones

I think people just want to hear good songs and I just want to keep getting better as a writer so that I can deliver good songs. — Corey Smith

I suppose I might be a player-coach nowadays. I'm a great teacher, and I enjoy teaching. But I'm glad I got injured and ended up turning to cooking. It was an accident but the happiest one of my life. — Gordon Ramsay

The most important thing is writing songs that resonate and giving people a chance to listen to them. — Corey Smith

The Church's war against women occurred not under Christ - who by all accounts held women as equals to men - but through the writings of St Irenaeus and Tertullian, and that most cruel woman-hater of them all, St Paul, whose hostile views on women were unfortunately included in the Bible. But let me be clear, it is not only a Catholic problem; it is a Christian one: Martin Luther, the scourge of the old Church, shares its views on women. He once wrote: "Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops." Weeds! Weeds! — Matthew Reilly

The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy — John Boyne

If we win by losing ourselves, by losing what we were fighting for, then we never really win. — Meg Collett

Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf. — Sam Ewing

There are a lot of people who talk about a formula for being able to start a fan base. But for me, it's been about songs and just being hard on myself as a writer, feeling like there is a purpose to it all. — Corey Smith

And still I stayed to plan all my revenge, my vengeance against those who had turned me from good to evil, and made of me what I was going to be from this day forward. — Virginia C. Andrews