Those things interest me a lot in songwriting - the human nature of how people think, and the muck that we wind… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
If a woman's aim is to become a singer, I would highly advise her to first develop her craft in songwriting. It's… — Nadia Ali Copy Share Image
You always try different versions of yourself through songwriting. It can get a bit annoying to see them walk around and do… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying… — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I really wanted to focus on my songwriting, or songwriting with other people. I wanted to go learn from other people who… — Mikky Ekko Copy Share Image
I really do love pop. I understand songwriting, I understand the business, and I'm not stuck in any one particular time period. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
On 'Utopia,' I mix sick beats with ethereal elements while trying to keep the focus very much on the songwriting. If you… — Kerli Copy Share Image
I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
As far as my creative urge is concerned, I do sit down and write my own music...I'll tell you a writer who… — Boudleaux Bryant Copy Share Image
I've been making electronic music since I was 12. I was making music as soon as I knew how to make sounds… — Travis Stewart Copy Share Image
I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
There's two or three kids out there trying to make good music, and the rest of them sound like it's been strained… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase,… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this… — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour… — Sammy Cahn Copy Share Image
To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
Finding great songs is the hard part of my gig - it's not as hard as songwriting, that's much more daunting -… — Bonnie Raitt 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
All of my acoustic playing came from my songwriting. All of the chords I've learned and all of the voicings I play… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I usually like to make really dramatic songs that are dynamic from part to part - a lot of jumping from really… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Those are the magical songwriting moments, when you have a partner that clicks like that. That's a dream come true, man. — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. ... Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged. — Pat Pattison Copy Share Image
My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together. — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
I like the songwriting. I don't ever listen and then go back and change stuff. For me when I wrote the song,… — Christopher Owens Copy Share Image
I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies… — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Songwriters often seek the company of fellow songwriters to help finish what they've started, and these days, many do it at songwriting… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
I think what I wanted to do was meet someone who knew more than me about songwriting structure and progressions and middle… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
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