I want to become one of the songwriting greats. That's my number one goal. — Kim Petras Copy Share Image
My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff. — James Mercer Copy Share Image
Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing. — Jo Stafford Copy Share Image
If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it. — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
If you don't try and force it, a song will find the proper moment to come to life. — Valerie Simpson 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
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
Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
My second husband and I were going through a bitter divorce, and I didn't have the money for a fancy-pants attorney. I… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
I was invited to L.A. when I was 16 for a weekend-long songwriting session by a writer I had met through my… — Daya Copy Share Image
When I write a song today, basically it goes on the stage tomorrow. That's the way it works. You cannont interrupt your… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I went to visit a friend of mine, a writer name Troy Seal, a songwriting fool. He's had a ton of hits.… — Donnie Fritts Copy Share Image
When it comes to songwriting, I grew up in the Seventies listening to AM radio. So I've all these pop songs running… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Often I don't know what the song means until it's finished. Sometimes months later. I don't think that's bad. It implies that… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I don't know exactly where the ideas come from, but when I get into a songwriting mode and it's coming along, it's… — Robert Earl Keen Copy Share Image
I wake up from dreams and go, 'Wow, put this down on paper.' The whole thing is strange. You hear the words,… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Martin Swinger is one of those rare singer-songwriters who excels at everything: singing, songwriting, guitar-playing, and being so present with his humor,… — Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Don’t try to present your art by making other people read or hear or see or touch it; make them feel it.… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
I was sleeping in the woods one night after a gig we'd played somewhere, when I saw this girl appear before me.… — Syd Barrett Copy Share Image
People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to… — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.… — Beck Copy Share Image
Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle… — Iron & Wine Copy Share Image
