I wanted to be a writer when I was a little kid. Then I wanted to be Pete Townshend - the songwriting… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
If you try to create a type, you may end with nothing. If you do a good job of creating an individual,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
Glen Campbell told me, 'Stay out of the way of a good song.' I think it's true. If a song's good, don't… — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands… — David Massengill Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a very frustrating art form. You have to get on tape exactly what's playing inside your head — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I do feel songwriting is a bit of its own creature and the writerliness of it...it's freeing. It's good for people who… — Mirah Copy Share Image
The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think… — Don Helms Copy Share Image
I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and… — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
When I get all focused on songwriting, I get into all the marketing and promotion that we do to make it happen.… — Ronnie Dunn Copy Share Image
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
Most songs I write are spur-of-the-moment-type things. I have to be spontaneous. If not, songwriting can bore me. There is no pre-design… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
I've always been very politically interested from a very young age and I hadn't felt that was something I could begin to… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I got into songwriting because I'm not very good at communicating sometimes, just my true words, so music was always my way… — LIZ Copy Share Image
The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I actually write film music because I'm classically trained on the piano so as well as songwriting I also write actual film… — Vanessa Brown Copy Share Image
I don't think my songwriting process has been influenced directly by either of my parents, because that is definitely something that you… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
Songs are like myths. Myths are useful because they allow you to cast yourself and your life and your own experience. And… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. I go into my office every day that I'm in… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Some people see Jermaine Dupri as a producer, and they don't really know what the songwriting skills are. — Jermaine Dupri Copy Share Image
I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head,… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
The Italian duo Dumbo Gets Mad specializes in psychedelics for the sober, bringing experimentation together with detailed pop songwriting. — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
There's been many times when a producer will say, 'I don't think you want to say that.' We were told we shouldn't… — Tyler Joseph Copy Share Image
I listen to the radio and I like all kinds of music, you know, but I like to hear from people who… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
That's really where my heart is, unfortunately - I'm less interested in songwriting and more into just making noise. — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
I think my songwriting has developed over the years. As I get older, I have become less afraid to share real experiences. — Rayvon Owen Copy Share Image
I'm just getting back into my songwriting groove. It's still pretty early. But I don't want to make 'Hero 2.' It's going… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
Songwriting is such a personal thing and it's hard to be in a room with somebody you don't know and trust. — Martie Maguire Copy Share Image
When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
I think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message. — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
We definitely set out to make a great 'radio' record. We set out to write great hooky choruses-but with verses that said… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
The Raspberries was formed as kind of a reaction to prog rock, which we didn't like. 'Let's bring some songwriting and harmonies… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Make the verses flow together. If a following verse has nothing to do with the previous, you may lose our listener/reader. You… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I've always listened to a wide variety of music, and I know that shows through my songwriting evolution. — Jeongyeon Copy Share Image
I want to see the guitar in a non-linear sense that encompasses tones, arrangements, songwriting, audio production, and everything else - you… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
Songwriting I think, or any art form, the inspiration comes from your personal life or it can be from politics or region… — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
