Writing songs Quotes · Page 12

I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what…

— Van Morrison

I stay away from the arts... writing songs, being creative - those are downloads from God. You can't do data analytics on…

— Troy Carter

“I spent the winter writing songs about getting better And if I'm being honest, I'm getting there”

— The Wonder Years

I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.

— Jens Lekman

I'm not going to hurt anybody other than that dick who keeps writing songs about me.

— Courtney Love

My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs…

— David Pajo

I love writing songs, but I don't want to write the songs everyone else is asking me to write.

— Linda Perry

I like writing songs. I like the camaraderie of it and I like touring. I love playing bass. And then there's free…

— Keanu Reeves

Yeah, I came in at the end of the Notorious album, played on about five tracks and then we went on a…

— Warren Cuccurullo

I was 14 when I decided I wanted to start doing music and stuff. I was a really big fan of Ben…

— Noah Cyrus

I think those walks to the studio were the most enjoyable times for me, because I could get lost in my head…

— Sarah Blasko

A guitar for me is pretty much strictly in the context of writing songs for my band, coming up with ideas with…

— Scott Ian

We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired.…

— John Bonham

I had basically been shelved by the record label for two years and I was writing songs every day. I made two…

— Nina Nesbitt

There arent any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So youre just…

— Guy Clark

I've always been aware that probably writing songs - stupid songs or, at least, theatrical songs - is, I dunno, I certainly…

— Tim Minchin

Growing up with music as a kid - I used to feel like artists were writing songs about me falling in love.

— Becky Hill

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

— Burning Spear

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for…

— Smokey Robinson

I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to…

— Anonymous

During the '80s, Nashville didn't believe women were songwriters and performers. It was an unfortunate thing, because I love writing songs.

— Lorrie Morgan

All I can say, being young people being in a band, writing songs that we felt were great... we never felt that…

— Charlotte Caffey

I've been away writing songs and recording and doing albums that are much more obscure.

— John Waite

I don't think about commercial concerns when I first come up with something. When I sit down at the piano, I try…

— Lamont Dozier

I'm just writing songs to process what's going on, whether in my personal life or in my perception of the world.

— Olivia Rodrigo

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

— Tom Waits

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in…

— PJ Harvey

Writing songs about having a nice time - 'Oh I'm so happy on tour with my band' - I'd find it really…

— Sigrid

I started singing when I was 8, and then when I was 11, I started writing my first songs.

— Jorja Smith

People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening, People writing songs that voices never share, and no one dare disturb the Sound…

— Anonymous

When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band.…

— Chris Cornell

I still love playing live, and I love doing records, but writing songs is my main thing.

— Charlotte Caffey

I have always been fascinated by dark and mysterious stuff. I guess I have a pretty dark and gloomy side. Writing songs…

— Gavin Rossdale

I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.

— Miley Cyrus

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands…

— Lisa Loeb

If you watch home videos, at 4 years old, I was doing nothing but being the entertainer. Singing 'Boot Scootin' Boogie' in…

— Thomas Rhett

I started listening to The-Dream a lot. That's when I really got into writing songs. I like the way he put lyrics…

— Bryson Tiller

I moved to Nashville with the same kind of mindset that I had in L.A., and that is to make sure you…

— Brett Young

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the…

— Tom Lehrer