I just write songs because l enjoy it, l never thought to be an activist. If that's what l am then that's… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm writing songs I find myself in that Teskey Brothers soul world and I'm like, 'This is not a G… — G Flip Copy Share Image
For us, the stuff we know is writing songs, playing shows, and that's what we're trying to concentrate on. Not trying to… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I had my first band. it was kind of a progressive metal band kind of thing. I just started writing songs that… — Alissa White-Gluz Copy Share Image
When it comes down to the song writing, I'm just very slow - very slow. Because the songs are about my life,… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
Everybody in Lynyrd Skynyrd loves different styles of music, and our minds are very open when it comes to writing our songs… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
It's hard to get a start as an instrumental guitar player. It's a much quicker route to be in a band, so… — Nita Strauss Copy Share Image
If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with… — Steven Curtis Chapman Copy Share Image
I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
8th grade I started writing my own songs. They weren't good songs or anything, but it was always the song writing aspect… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
If I got dropped tomorrow or every single I released from now on tanked, I'd be devastated, but I'd also still be… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
The first record we put out on Fueled by Ramon, 'The Papercut Chronicles,' we had no idea what the term 'producer' meant.… — Travie McCoy Copy Share Image
When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
When I was writing songs or performing or producing or dabbling in movies or even putting my career on hold to go… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I did play with my fingers, and I had these kind of weird strums. There's, like,… — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs and making music since I was probably ten years old...so my inspirations back then, I don't know -… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Even in those early years of Static-X, there was a pattern emerging where I would spend all my free time writing songs… — Wayne Static Copy Share Image
People showed me this way of dealing with music, writing songs, thinking about music and shows and our community and the fact… — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do… — Otis Redding Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was a teenager, so one kind of song I've written a lot is about, I don't… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I don't end up writing songs in my journals, but I'm sure that my ability to write songs has been helped by… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I just had a really crappy time in school and I spent a lot of time writing songs and not doing work.… — Avey Tare Copy Share Image
Like all teenagers in the early '60s, I put down my hockey stick when the Beatles got big and picked up a… — Rick Moranis Copy Share Image
By the time I was six or seven-years-old, I had learned several techniques of how to use my voice and was able… — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
My expectations for myself were never high. I had a very unusual way of writing songs and of thinking about music. I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I've always been a little more narrative, a little more linear, a little more direct. People instantly want to classify that as… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I wanted to start doing more music, doing more things than just playing guitar. I started taking singing lessons and piano lessons.… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
I'm involved in a lot of different things, like producing, starting a label and writing songs. But still my biggest release, and… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to… — Randy Owen Copy Share Image
I really had a great time working with 'Modest Mouse,' just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock,… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
But when I started writing songs, I stopped painting completely, and the only art things I do are connected to the career,… — Bryan Ferry Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm not from a musical family, so I borrowed my friend's guitar and started writing songs for my school music project.… — Maisie Peters Copy Share Image
I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
When I'm writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I'm not in charge and I'm almost listening outside of it. That's… — Prince Copy Share Image
I've grown from being around other singers. I've learned not to be afraid. A part of that is from writing my own… — Luke James Copy Share Image
When I started writing songs for Temple of the Dog, I went to my room with my acoustic guitar, and I was… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
![“I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell how it's going to be or how it's going to feel until I get into the studio. But I definitely think it will. I probably can't help but have the emotions in my voice.” quote by Miranda Lambert](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d90/miranda-lambert-2170_emotion_i-think-the-more-emotional-you-are-the-b_2096166.png)
![“When I'm writing [songs], some days the pen just goes. I'm not in charge and I'm almost listening outside of it. That's when I realize that we all have to start looking at life as a gift. It's like listening to a color and believing that these colors have soul mates and once you get them all…” quote by Prince](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/261/prince-1626_believe_when-i-m-writing-songs-some-days-the-pen_1718202.jpg)
