Otis Redding (1941–1967) American singer, songwriter and record producer
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song), co-written with Steve Cropper.
Song lyrics, Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
“Songs are as sad as the listener.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
The Sunday Times, May 14, 2006
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“Gay was oft my song when I was gay, sad it is now that I am sad.”
Laeta fere laetus cecini, cano tristia tristis.
Ovid book Epistulae ex Ponto
III, ix, 35; translation by Arthur Leslie Wheeler
Epistulae ex Ponto (Letters From the Black Sea)
“A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.”
Rob Sheffield (1966) American music journalist
Source: Love Is a Mix Tape
“Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.”
Jimmy Buffett book A Pirate Looks at Fifty
Source: A Pirate Looks at Fifty
“Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better.”
Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer
"Hey Jude" (1968)
Lyrics, The Beatles
Context: Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better.