Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace. — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think. — Richie Sambora Copy Share Image
When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist. — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album. — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't over-intellectualize music as a special medium that only some people… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to… — Nanci Griffith Copy Share Image
You're just like, "I like doing this - it's something I have a lot of passion for." You happen to do it,… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Songwriting was very tough for me... I would go in and sit and hope for inspiration to come, and it was rarely… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively... writing songs… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
The only way to be original in your songwriting is to write about your own experiences, and I think that's what we… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the bastards aren't out to get you. ... Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could… — Lorenz Hart Copy Share Image
Live we're a lot louder and noisier on the album. I think for the album we took a lot of time for… — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
Vangelis, who wrote the music for 'Chariots Of Fire,' is a bit of an idol of mine - his music is stunning.… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
The only thing I could see myself doing is music - songwriting or producing or something. I've never seen myself being in… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
I'm writing all the time. And as the songs begin to coalesce, I'm not doing anything else but writing. I wish I… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
All the songs that were written for that album are just all our first sophomore songs. So they're all from real life.… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
Everyone has his own particular talent, niche and interests. Which isn't to say that you shouldn't try new genres or styles or… — Kevin Alexander Copy Share Image
When I started making music, I made music in a very commercial space and I didn't have room to really explore things… — Robyn Copy Share Image
Just remember that William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime. Ya gotta keep creating. — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
70 percent of what we do involves staring into space trying to figure out what the hell happens next. — Robert Gregory Browne Copy Share Image
Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
This is also an execellent time to ask this question: Did I get lazy and go for a quick rhyme? — Ann Reed Copy Share Image
It's unfashionable to admit, but playing music makes us happy and makes us smile. — Chris Hesse Copy Share Image
The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push… — Burt Bacharach Copy Share Image
I take in a lot of stuff from real life, movies, television, news and it all gets mixed in my head and… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things… — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
When I was 15, all I knew was that I had to be somebody and that I could be somebody. So I… — Juan Gabriel Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
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