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 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
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
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
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
The thing that interests me far more than anything is creating music, songwriting and arranging, and in that context drumming itself is… — Al Murray Copy Share Image
You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't… — Laufey Copy Share Image
Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If you are in NYC and you only do one thing culturally go and see Carol Lipnik at Pangea. If you love… — Justin Vivian Bond Copy Share Image
We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I'm from the generation that's always been recording, from the very beginning. I learned to play the guitar on the four-track. I… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
My songwriting process is based on a formula: Color, tone, words. When I hear production, I initially identify the color that resonates… — Ravyn Lenae Copy Share Image
It's very professionally done, very clever songwriting. I like Backstreet Boys more than 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, it's all very… — Gene Simmons 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
Once I went into songwriting, I figured I had to - I couldn't be a hellfire rock 'n' roller. But I could… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go.… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
The songwriting process is different on every record because you're never coming from the same place when you're writing. — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
What is the character trying to say? Why? Be as specific as you can, using sense images that evoke something about the… — Pat Pattison Copy Share Image
Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then… — Win Butler Copy Share Image
Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
George felt the group wasn't giving him the freedom he needed to develop his songwriting. But I have to admit the end… — Andrew Ridgeley Copy Share Image
If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to… — Bono Copy Share Image
The thing about me is that I'm very fortunate to have had the opportunities with Avenged Sevenfold in songwriting. I really think… — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
It's such a weird process, songwriting, because you just have to feel it. There's no right or wrong melody or lyric. — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.'… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's (Thompson) songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Songwriting has always been a means to an end for me. That end being a tool to try to understand myself in… — Ruston Kelly Copy Share Image
I guess when we're happy, it's easier to go with the flow, and when that happiness or joy is interrupted, that's when… — Jeremy Fisher Copy Share Image
Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it… — Loretta Lynn 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.… — Ann Wilson Copy Share Image
To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever. — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
What's interesting about songs where the writer is genuinely in love with words is that it's easy to read the lyrics like… — Ann Reed Copy Share Image
I'm the only girl songwriter that fights for a lot of things. I fight for songwriting fees, which record labels want you… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
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