If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I didn't disappear; I started writing songs and worked behind the scenes. — Lesley Gore Copy Share Image
I make my living writing songs and, you know, I'm not a show biz kind of guy. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
I'll probably continue writing songs about New York until I die. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs on my own since I was 13, and the same is true of Derek. — Susan Tedeschi Copy Share Image
I just want to get better at writing songs. That's pretty much the only end goal for me. I really hope I… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists. — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record. — Eric Church Copy Share Image
I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs. — Kate Micucci Copy Share Image
I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs… — Cheyenne Kimball Copy Share Image
Singing didn't really come naturally to me, I don't think. I had to really work at it. I just kept singing. I… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be… — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you… — Christine Lavin Copy Share Image
By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I try to make statements that aren't broad because that doesn't make for good writing. I don't get commentary as my job,… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
Brian Eno records and music got me through. It made me feel like there were other people out there who had the… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I still only play by ear. I don't have any training. But the piano actually makes more sense to me than guitar,… — Amber Rubarth Copy Share Image
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in… — Olivia Merilahti Copy Share Image
Maybe in the back of my mind I was kind of wishing that I would become a rock star, kind of wishing… — Jonathan Coulton Copy Share Image
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself very principled. As a travelling musician, you have to adapt and adjust to different contexts every day. It… — Moddi Copy Share Image
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I really didn't like anything the way I liked playing music and writing songs. — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
Soundgarden are kind of the masters of writing songs that aren't pop cliches. — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
I've always been good at talking about my feelings; that helps with writing songs. — Anne-Marie Copy Share Image
Being a producer is a very different experience than writing my own songs. — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
