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“What inspired I Do was love. True love to be specific. The song was made to remind people that love you read about in fairy tales or see from your grandparents which is True love, still exists.”
“I was working with these two guys, Nandipha and Ceeka, and we were working on a few things. They kept sending me projects, and we exchanged things back and forth. So, they sent me the song's project, and I worked on it some more.”
“The song is inspired by a Magesh classic joint from his second album. That’s been my favourite joint, so I kind of merged “Hape le hape” with “Time and time again,” which is a Magesh hook. I used to always freestyle on that beat.”
Khuli Chana (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is my people and traditions that moved the world with song and inspired the world with freedom dreams.”
Imani Perry (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The way the sample was singing, they made it sound so much higher than their actual song, so we thought it was girls. We looked it up, and we saw it was slower and everything, and we were just in awe, and we loved it.”
“I don’t play any musical instrument. My only instruments are my hands for clapping and my voice. But everyone has their strength, and so my source is the word of God. And so every song I wrote I make sure it is in line with the word of God.”
Diana Hamilton (musician) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diana Hamilton reveals ‘My Meditations’ is about her true life story, 26 October 2022
“This song by Diana Hamilton ft. Mercy Chinwo is for anyone with a testimony and anyone expecting a testimony.”
Diana Hamilton (musician) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The story behind ‘The Doing of the Lord’: Diana Hamilton and Mercy Chinwo’s inspirational collaboration, February 7 2024
“My song Nyambo Bambofo has saved from a lot of atrocities including death, and God has changed my story after facing life challenges.”
Diana Hamilton (musician) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diana Hamilton Reveals Scary Cancer Scare; Says ‘Nyame Bambofo’ Saved Her Life, Tuesday18 2026
“No, I haven't been faced with that. God has gifted me with songwriting, and when you bring me a song, it has to sit well with me. It has to really hit me for me to say that these are matured Christians.”
Diana Hamilton (musician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm anointed and no matter what happens, it's a fact that will never change. As soon as we've done, the song will be released soon.”
Hlengiwe Mhlaba (born 1973) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hlengiwe Mhlaba sings through storms! July 22 2026
“Every song I’ve ever sung has been for the people, to uplift, heal, and draw them closer to God. I look forward to celebrating with you all.”
Hlengiwe Mhlaba (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is based on a traditional song that people will be familiar with. We kinda reinvented and remixed it, so it has a great uptempo energy. It speaks about the "One" who leads me, based on the scripture Psalm 23.”
Khaya Mthethwa (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was considered more underground than anything. Radio wouldn’t touch us. We struggled getting played, we struggled getting on commercial shows. It was far from house, too. We never had a song that was faster than 115bpm. It was grooves, yes, but it was very African inspired, quite ethnic.”
Black Coffee (DJ) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Black Coffee overcame adversity to become one of the biggest DJs on the planet" (August 28, 2018)
“I don’t even try to. I just be saying what’s really on my mind, literally. Any song I made, I either went through something that day, so I went in there and talked about it, or I’ve been thinking about just put it on the track. So if sex is all on my mind, I guess that’s what I’ll rap about.”
“I’d say I’m learning how to. At first, I didn’t know how to have my personality come over a beat, which was super hard when it wasn’t a beat of my own. I’m learning how to take a song into my own hands and execute it the way Saweetie would do it.”
“Looking back on how good God has been to me this song acknowledges that I wouldn’t be who I am without God. It’s a reminder that all I have is thanks to Him.”
“I remember hearing his song somewhere in Sinza while I was buying car perfume. I heard it on a motorcycle, and I just thought it was a great track, but I couldn’t identify it because I was busy. Since then, the sound has kept bothering me in my ears. It was a rare sound, as it's uncommon to hear new sounds here since many new artists sound similar to me.”
“It was a business from which I got money for studio sessions and even my first phone was from the money I got from writing a song for Nandy.”
Jay Melody first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jay Melody speaks on writing songs for Willy Paul and other top artists;By Amos Robi,Retrieved on 05 February 2023
“Yes, I've heard that version, but it was a tad bit too vulgar for my taste. The Twee Belgen wanted to spice up the song a bit. I could appreciate the humorist approach of their version, but the end result was a bit risqué.”
Alpha Blondy (born 1953) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ALPHA BLONDY-REGGAE GEEL. August 2008
“It is just you and your household who will listen to the song. You need money to invest in the job of getting it out there otherwise you cannot reach where you intend to.”
Joyce Blessing wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But I will say that when it dropped in my spirit, Moko Bɛ can best be described as ‘love at first sight’. Everything about the song caught the attention of listeners and viewers alike, distributors and promoters, the saved and the unsaved, and the rest they say is history.”
“I eventually wrote the bridge and coda of the song when it was time to record it for my maiden album. It was co-produced by Koda and recorded live and in a number of studios for overdubs.”
“You learn to think fast, rhyme fast, make sense of things – you learn to change the situation. I started applying that so when I get called to feature on a song and studio time is limited, my writing is a little faster.”
Reason (South African rapper) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can’t paint a sad-love story the same way you’ll paint a wedding song.”
“To get the feature from Lil Wayne was crazy. When you have a favorite rapper and you’re able to get a song with him, it’s a dream come true.”
“Bird Sound Orientations is the name of a new language system that marks our position in a sound world without a gravitational center, obeyed only by the kinetic laws of bird song.”
Rahima Gambo (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve been [trying] to get away from like literally rapping a whole song about them because when I was pregnant, that’s all I was doing. I got tired of it.”
“I love that the heroine in this song is in full control of her life. We usually hear men talk about the plethora of women they have to choose from but rarely can women speak like that. We’re told it’s a woman’s place to be meek, sexual, but only for the male gaze, and happy to be chosen”
Jazmine Sullivan (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My producer and Capella was in the studio. We kept talking about doing a song together, but that day I didn’t make it to the studio, and Capella did the hook. Then, I wound up going and recording my verse, and I loved it. Then we met at the video shoot.”
“I definitely want do a song with Erica. Erica is super fire. Even my own records with females, I want to start doing [more]. I’ve been anxious for me to be heard. I wasn’t really focusing on features, I’ma be honest. I do have some, but I did them a little while ago. But I got Kash Doll on a record.”
“It was like last year in October. I had actually wrote a song in my phone and I was like, “I’m gonna record it.” I was hella shy.”
Cuban Doll (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My favorite rapper is Gucci Mane. ‘Trap Girl’ was inspired by Gucci’s song called ‘Dope Man.’ It was a different vibe for me, but it’s something that everybody can relate to and it stuck to everybody.”
Saucy Santana (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After I get off stage, you know what’s the first song I play in my dressing room?”
Rico Nasty (born 1997) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wanted to start the record with that particular song because it was a statement. I was letting it be known like, “You can’t break my soul. I’m still here.” We come from strong stock, not just me as a Black woman, as a woman, me as a person, but as a whole, as a people. We’ve been through a lot in this past year clearly, but overall, particularly within the culture.”
Leela James (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“everything has already been said and done, and every metaphor has already been used, na parang when I try to write a love song, it feels so redundant or cheesy.”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Passion, Persistence, and a Promising Era: Clara Benin Reflects on a Decade-Long Career in Music, Lance Joseph Martinez 7 March 2026.
“So fun lang, because we’re all introverts, but we’re all singing quietly to the song.”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Clara Benin shares love’s soft moments in Scout’s The Listening Party, Written by: Pauline Ysabel Miranda 18 September 2026.
“I chose ‘Tila’ because I feel like it’s a very simple love song. I mean, you know, if I translated ‘Parallel Universe’ I feel like it wouldn’t translate well.”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Clara Benin on Finding Peace in Nostalgia, By George Evan Dungca 21 July 2022.
“The more personal a song is, the more relatable it is, and the easier it becomes for people to connect to it.”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/570409/clara-benin-new-ep-really-got-me-thinking/ Why Clara Benin finds happy songs harder to write, Written by: Allan Policarpio 2 May 2026.]
“Silence and restraint in a song can be powerful, too.”
Clara Benin (born 1994) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/570409/clara-benin-new-ep-really-got-me-thinking/ Why Clara Benin finds happy songs harder to write, Written by: Allan Policarpio 2 May 2026.]
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
Henry David Thoreau (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Worry for others— it does no good in the end. The great Dao, all amid joy, is reborn. In a joyous state, ruler and subject accord, In a joyous home, father and son get along. If brothers increase their joy, the world will flourish. If husband and wife have joy, it's worthy of song. What guest and host can bear a lack of joy? Both high and low, in joy, lose their woe before long. Ha ha ha.”
Hanshan (disputed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Other arms reach out to me Other eyes smile tenderly Still in peaceful dreams I see The road leads back to you. Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find... Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind.”
Ray Charles (misattributed) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Though renditions by Ray Charles are among the most popular and famous, the lyrics of "Georgia On My Mind" (1930) were written by Stuart Gorrell and the music by Hoagy Carmichael.
“The autumn comes, a maiden fair In slenderness and grace, With nodding rice-stems in her hair And lilies in her face. In flowers of grasses she is clad; And as she moves along, Birds greet her with their cooing glad Like bracelets' tinkling song.”
Kalidasa (disputed) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ṛtusaṃhāra, pt. 3 (tr. Arthur W. Ryder, 1912)
“It is the most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.”
Robert Oppenheimer (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most beautiful, perhaps the only true, philosophical song existing in any known tongue.”
Wilhelm von Humboldt (attributed) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: About the Bhagavad Gita. Reported in E. W. F. Tomlin, Great Philosophers Eastern World (London: Skiffington and Son, 1952) p. 167
“There is an English song beginning, “Love knocks at the door.” He knocks less often than he finds it open.”
Sophie Swetchine (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Three chords and the truth — that’s what a country song is.”
Willie Nelson (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The song's about coming together as one in an ideal world. And we might not be able to accomplish that, but tonight we can start by making it a better place.”
Blake Lewis (attributed) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Commenting on his take of Imagine by John Lennon in the Inspirational week in his pre-performance clip on April 24, 2007.
“[The presents sent by Muhammad bin Tughluq to the Emperor of China included] one hundred male slaves and one hundred slave song- stresses and dancers from among the Indian infidels.”
Ibn Battuta (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hilary Duff: "Oh, [I'm] definitely [a fan]. I grew up listening to Madonna. It feels surreal getting to do a cover of "Material Girl". It's such a great dance song.”
Madonna (entertainer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source