When it comes to writing songs, I've always got to be commissioned to do it. I won't write unless someone has got… — Clare Grogan Copy Share Image
Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven. — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover. — Shakira Copy Share Image
I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet. — Tom Conti Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs all my life. My mom said I wrote my first song when I was two. — Melora Hardin Copy Share Image
I started writing songs on my own and trying to push myself in that way, and then I stumbled into it being… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and -… — Robyn Hitchcock Copy Share Image
[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17… — George Michael Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
When I lived in a little flat in Pimlico in 1981, I'd write in the hallway. As you walked in, there was… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Writing songs has always been a process where I divulge a lot, just because music is a tool for me to sift… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
I had kids at age 47, and very late in life, and I'd been doing it for 30 straight years, writing songs,… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
I think that there have been times, especially with writing songs, where you sit in a room with somebody, and they could… — Dave Koz Copy Share Image
'Still Writing Songs About You' - that one hits me every time. For some reason, I really feel that song every time… — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
The exciting part about sitting down and writing songs, playing shows, or being a musician in general is that you never know… — Graham Colton Copy Share Image
I had been writing songs for awhile - since I was 14 - and playing guitar, but I never really knew how… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I have been writing songs since I was 9 years old, so writing has and always will be my first love and passion. — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
I was writing songs because I needed them, songs about trusting God in difficult circumstances. — Matt Hammitt Copy Share Image
Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush. — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music. — Guru Randhawa Copy Share Image
I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken… — Nikka Costa Copy Share Image
Busking taught me so much on so many levels, not just about being a musician or writing songs - actually about growing… — Passenger Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty deep guy. I'm not a tough guy at all. People think I give this persona that I'm thick-skinned, but… — Thomas Grennan Copy Share Image
The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano… — El DeBarge Copy Share Image
I love writing songs for other people, and it's an honor when someone records your songs. — Ryan Hurd Copy Share Image
I don't like making things too complicated when writing songs. I want to write in a very easy language that many people… — Natalia Lafourcade Copy Share Image
With anything I do, it's hard to categorize it. With any project, I just go in and blindly start writing songs and… — Travie McCoy Copy Share Image
Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing. — Jann Klose Copy Share Image
But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the… — Edie Brickell Copy Share Image
I always played around with writing songs, but when you're spending a lot of time in bars, you have a lot of… — Dave Gahan Copy Share Image
Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I… — Colbie Caillat Copy Share Image
When I was writing songs, I always thought I'd make more of a career out of the drawings, the comics even more… — Daniel Johnston Copy Share Image
My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be… — Maluma Copy Share Image
I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people. — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Nothing makes me happier than writing a song that I think is good or that I want to play. Writing songs helps… — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
When I was a mailman, writing songs was my escape from the regular world, and now writing songs is my job. And… — John Prine Copy Share Image
If you want to grow in writing songs that will express the wonders of God, immerse yourself in God. — Tim Hughes Copy Share Image