Dan Levy Quotes

I don't really like to explain my songs.

You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

If you're really listening there are alot of hidden messages in my songs.

I love having those lyrics that at first make you think it's about one thing, but it's really about something so much more.

All I really want is for people to really get what I do and connect with the songs and find meaning in them.

People are always reading things into the films.

People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.

When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'

Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.

I really feel every word to every song a lot more than I have in the past.

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million people on the face of the Earth, they're all gonna have different favorite songs, their own best song ever, because that's the one that touched them the most.

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

My favorite song is called 'Reachout.' There are so many different stories told in that song. I think anyone who listens to it will gather a different meaning, but each answer is true. I also like the sound of it, period - there are a lot of classical influences.

I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.

I've always loved 'Umbrella.' Funny enough, my ex-husband wrote that, and I'm not saying it was meant for me or anything - people will start twisting this - it is Rihanna's song! But I've always loved it.

'Wild Horses' is my favourite Stones song. It's so beautiful. I don't mind that it was written for Bianca.

A good song takes on more meaning as the years pass by.

The emotion of a song's lyrics has always been what grabs me deeply.

It's funny: sometimes with 'Spaced,' people would try and read too much into something I'd done, with the references meaning something more than they do.

The lyrics tend to fascinate people, but for me, when I listen to a record I don't always latch on to the lyrics. I listen to the whole thing and it may be five or six days before I even realize what the song's about.

We love high-end art, but when you're looking at high-end art in music, a lot of the time, it's appreciated academically, but you can't feel it as much.

I sometimes never really realize what lyrics are saying.

Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in their own way and make their own meaning out of things.