At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I… — James Iha Copy Share Image
I care about the records I make and I love writing songs and some songs are really dear to me and they… — Joel Plaskett Copy Share Image
I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something that I was going to try… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
I have no choice in what direction my music goes, honestly, as all I get is what I'm given. I start writing… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
In my living room, I was always playing guitar and writing songs and singing them. My dad and I would always sing… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I was a Kimya fan for a long time, a Moldy Peaches fan, so I got to work on her 'Thunder Thighs'… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
I'm writing songs about New York. A lot of them carry the names of neighborhoods in Long Island. Maspeth, Montauk. I'm getting… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I always had my guitar; I worked at writing some songs. I always played music - in the house. I sang to… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
When we were writing songs for the Eagles, Don Henley would be involved in some new love relationship, and he was always… — Don Felder Copy Share Image
I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head,… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I remember, from aged six to nine, I was loud and abrasive and loved making noise and loved playing instruments and doing… — Jack Garratt Copy Share Image
I remember those days right after I graduated from college. All I had to do was wake up in the morning and… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
My records have a lot of collaborators on them, and when you're writing a book, it's a very insular process that's very… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
Since my tour (in Japan) just finished, I started writing songs. I was inspired a lot while on the road and I… — Angela Aki Copy Share Image
When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like… — Mike Dirnt Copy Share Image
I think, now that I've been writing songs in general, whether it's for the group or for me, I definitely feel like… — Kirstin Maldonado Copy Share Image
Miley is always on, she’s always funny, she’s always writing songs, she’s always making music. The parallel of the film is like… — Billy Ray Cyrus Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as… — Michael Bacon Copy Share Image
It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
There are some singer-songwriters who start out as poets. So someone like Leonard Cohen wrote and published poetry in the early 60s,… — Richard F. Thomas Copy Share Image
I took a few months off after my senior year was over, and I prayed and tried to figure out what was… — Morgan Wallen Copy Share Image
I've never really suffered complete and utter writer's block, really. I equate it with sex: in the beginning of my career, I… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I had never really written songs for anyone before. With [Broken] Social Scene, you're writing songs for others and your passing them… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't… — Tila Tequila Copy Share Image
Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
I can never tell what's going to end up being on an album until it's all finished. I'm reading the news everyday,… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
I love nothing more than to perform my songs in front of a live audience. And whatever I'm doing is driven toward… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I'm removed in my real life, and unable to express certain things face to face. So I have always found myself in… — Jenny Lewis Copy Share Image
I have always struggled with expressing emotion, I used to think I was a very hard person but music has shown me… — Roxanne Emery Copy Share Image
To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
Before we really started writing our own songs in the James Gang, we'd play covers, and then, in the middle of them,… — Joe Walsh Copy Share Image
My biggest ritual is writing at home more than on the road. I do very little writing on the road. Actually, it's… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
I always been writing songs since I was, like, six. I was listening to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Frankie Laine and… — Kyle Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm writing full songs or full parts and setting it aside for Slash because, generally, I like him to… — Myles Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well… — Otis Redding Copy Share Image
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