My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if… — Cole Porter Copy Share Image
George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just… — Gary Wright Copy Share Image
Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Solitude. It is way underrated in our world of writing. We stay busy. We act busy. We thrive on busy. The truth… — Bonnie Baker Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I'm not just sending beats in. I'm mixing the song. I'm recording the song. I'm engineering… — Kenny Beats Copy Share Image
I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
I don't have the same restrictions that other people do because I never painted myself into a corner. I've always done things… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I get told I'm a confessional songwriter, which gets on my tits because I think of negative connotations attached to the word… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
I didn't even know the industry of songwriting existed. I thought everybody sang songs and they were only singing the songs that… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
What excites me about a lot of the artists I love - and I realize, well, they created their own personal world… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
For my whole career, I've been a singer-slash-songwriter, even though I'm very thankfully known for my voice. Songwriting has always been a… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
I think when you go into a room and you're fresh in the songwriting, producing world or going into sessions, no idea… — G Flip Copy Share Image
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make… — James Bay Copy Share Image
If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line,… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song…… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
