One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things. — Harrison Birtwistle Copy Share Image
I always dreamed, when I started writing music, to find a way of immersing yourself in it. — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me. — John Maus Copy Share Image
Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
I think that I'm definitely going to keep writing music forever. I can't stop even if I tried. — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I love writing music for film and TV, but putting it into a video game is twice as fun because it needs… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability to play. It was… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
I really like IU... I just think she has the most adorable everything. Her voice is beautiful; she's talented at writing music,… — Arden Cho Copy Share Image
If I ever got married and my husband wanted me to give all this up and follow him wherever he wanted me… — Bethany Joy Galeotti Copy Share Image
'Waking the Fallen' truly encompasses everything that Avenged Sevenfold was at that time. It was us being fearless, us showing our roots… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
I left Starbucks in 2015. When I was younger, I remember looking at Justin Bieber and wishing I had all these fans,… — Jorja Smith Copy Share Image
I'm just writing less of my own music lately - I go in and out of phases a lot. Sometimes there are… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was 9. I took harmony and counterpoint classes when I was studying the clarinet. So, I've… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I'm always writing music. I sort of do it obsessively, for good or for bad. It's good that it keeps me going,… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I'm writing music for gay people. I'm a gay man who is writing music about one tiny little… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I was a math and science kid in school, but I ended up going the route of writing and music in college. — Stephen J. Dubner Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, we can touch somebody's life in a way just by writing a melody or writing some music,… — M. Shadows Copy Share Image
I'll always write music. Whether I release a record, whether I let the public hear it or not, I'm always writing music. — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
We're always writing music no matter what. And we're not always acting - we have months off. But we never take a… — Alex Wolff Copy Share Image
My favorite travel pastime is writing music, either with my guitar or on my computer. — Alexander Ludwig Copy Share Image
“the point of writing music and experiencing music isn’t to make people comfortable necessarily” — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
One of the joys of writing music is making your own mark. Study other stuff, immerse yourself in music and then tell… — Thea Gilmore Copy Share Image
You know how you have that one thing you would do even if you're not getting paid to do it? That's what… — Kandi Burruss Copy Share Image
I love making miniatures, painting, writing, music and dance. These are the things I'm naturally good at. I'd like to think of… — Richa Chadha Copy Share Image
I actually didn't do any writing of music while I was locked up. I wrote a book, but I didn't do any… — Da Brat Copy Share Image
I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it. — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I'm literally am home making my own music unless I'm asked to be in somebody's house writing music for them. — PartyNextDoor Copy Share Image
I first started writing music when I was 15 and at 16, I was playing in different cities in Australia. When I… — TyDi Copy Share Image
Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
We actually make all of our own music videos. Often we come up with the visual concepts at the same time as… — Grace Chatto Copy Share Image
Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself?… — Enya Copy Share Image
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
It is, writing music is like therapy for me, it's like writing everything down in a diary. It's my way of getting… — Megan McKenna Copy Share Image
For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones. — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
