When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene. — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
I finally wasn't interested in writing music that played while actors talked. — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
I started writing music with my cousin at, like, 16 and traveled with a '70s band. — Verite Copy Share Image
I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music. — Ayumi Hamasaki Copy Share Image
There is something wonderful about singing and writing music, I think there is something special about creativity and the ability humans have… — Kim Gordon Copy Share Image
My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film. — Amy Lee Copy Share Image
We're not doing anything vicious or doing anything hateful. All we're doing is writing music that's our truth. I don't think there's… — Maddie Marlow Copy Share Image
I've been painting and drawing and taking pictures as long as I've been writing music - and I've actually been drawing longer… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
In some ways, writing music is an art because so much of it is instinctive and sort of below consciousness, and lyric… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I hope people hear my songs and realize that writing music is kind of easy, or that taking your sadness and turning… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
You get a lot of who you are as a musician across through the music you write. If you're writing your own… — Harry Styles Copy Share Image
I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes. You do get writer's block when you're writing music, and having inspiration from… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
What keeps me motivated to create new music is the joy of songwriting. The joy of being creative. The joy of writing… — Nick Heyward Copy Share Image
I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
My playing music is strictly for fun. When I was in a band, I was really excited to talk about it since… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter,… — Lari White Copy Share Image
I can be completely indulgent and spend as many hours and days or weeks as I like on one thing. Writing music… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
I have about four different endeavors I'm going after right now. They all excite me in different ways. I'm all about keeping… — Kevin Griffin Copy Share Image
It was an incredible way to grow up, because words that you're taught - these definite things - you realize they sort… — Vito Acconci Copy Share Image
That's such a big part of film scoring that people don't realize. There's a portion of film scoring that's writing the music,… — John Paesano Copy Share Image
I was inspired by what students have done in some schools organizing walkouts protesting the lack of funding and that sort of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We're running into a lot of new problems today because of what we emphasize in this culture. The word 'success' to the… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Everybody has their own approach to songwriting. When you're an electronic musician, the whole writing process just depends. Some people have a… — Travis Stewart Copy Share Image
What I've wanted to do my whole life is just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always… — Cara Delevingne Copy Share Image
There is some confusion as to what magic actually is. I think this can be cleared up if you just look at… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
When I am writing music, I sometimes envision a video playing alongside. — Jorja Smith Copy Share Image
I was writing music for the sake of writing music; it was just fun. — Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza Copy Share Image
I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image