Jack White titled "Seven Nation Army" after how he would mispronounce "Salvation Army" when he was little.
Lou Reed's 11-minute "Street Hassle" features a spoken part by Bruce Springsteen.
When The Kinks released "Lola," most people didn't realize Lola was a man. "I was dancing with this beautiful blonde, then we went out into the daylight and I saw her stubble," Ray Davies said of the inspiration.
The Bangles song "Eternal Flame" was inspired by a display at Graceland that honored Elvis Presley.
Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" is based on a real girl called Eileen that the band's Kevin Rowland had a relationship with in his early teenage years.
The actress Michelle Pfeiffer gets namechecked in the 2014 megahit "Uptown Funk" ("Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold"). When it was released, "Riptide" by Vance Joy was on the charts; that song also mentions her ("Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen").
The 5-octave voice of the classical rock band Renaissance, Annie is big on creative expression. In this talk, she covers Roy Wood, the history of the band, and where all the money went in the '70s.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
The Kiss rocker covers a lot of ground in this interview, including why there are no Kiss collaborations, and why the Rock Hall has "become a sham."
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."
Did Eric Clapton really steal George's wife? What's the George Harrison-Monty Python connection? Set the record straight with our Fact or Fiction quiz.
Pool balls, magpies and thorns without roses - how well do you know your Tom Waits lyrics?