Maybe I should get back to the music-writing phase and write one on tax reform. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
I really didn't like anything the way I liked playing music and writing songs. — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax. — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be.… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. — James Brown Copy Share Image
I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train. — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
The reason we fall in love with certain music and writing is we connect with it on a very personal level. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
While I'm writing YA, I can't read YA, and the same with adult. I usually only listen to music while I'm writing… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio,… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
I try to listen to as much as possible. I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
One thing I'm super aware of in my music when I'm writing is: 'Am I overcomplicating this?' I'll write a song about… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people don't listen to music when they're writing because it distracts them, but for me it's almost… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter,… — Lari White Copy Share Image
I'm weird - I don't really listen to American music while I'm writing. I do occasionally get an anthem song, but generally… — Violet Duke Copy Share Image
With writing music and writing songs and recording music and coming up with stuff, you need to kind of reengage that kind… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
Music and writing do fold together in the sense that you have to have a certain level of skill in order to… — James McBride Copy Share Image
When I write, it's intimate. I write in the car, and I don't even hear, like, ambulances driving past me because I'm… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own… — John Naber Copy Share Image
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I think the best thing about music is that someone could be writing a song that's so personal, and it tells so… — Theresa Wayman Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
My advice would be to take time with the music and writing, rather than just getting a song done, really thrown together,… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what… — Gary Provost Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I love music more than anything, but writing was like my first love. — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
“In art, music, and writing, if it's not of the heart, it means nothing.” — Terry a O'Neal Copy Share Image