I spend as much time as I can in my garden, and if I'm not writing songs or gardening, I'm painting. — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
I think when you're writing songs, it's impossible to not draw on personal experiences, whether it be traveling or girls, or anything. — Harry Styles Copy Share Image
I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
I feel like if you can make music, and get people to, you know, evoke that feeling out of other people through… — Dr. Luke Copy Share Image
Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my… — Kelly Jones Copy Share Image
I'm more of a songwriter. I love writing songs. I love writing my songs. It's always been writing for me, and it… — Jon Pardi Copy Share Image
You're just like, "I like doing this - it's something I have a lot of passion for." You happen to do it,… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
I was writing songs, I guess, a sense of lyricism before I started picking up the guitar. Once I picked up the… — Ruston Kelly Copy Share Image
With writing music and writing songs and recording music and coming up with stuff, you need to kind of reengage that kind… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
'If You Could Read My Mind' was written during the collapse of my marriage. It's a great song. No one has any… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push… — Burt Bacharach Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing, if I could choose anything to do, it wouldn't be to be in front of a camera because… — Jarryd James Copy Share Image
I'm in love with artists that are really difficult to cover or to copy. You can only try to copy them, but… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
I just play music by listening and responding, so I don't know anything about writing songs or arranging and all of this… — Jaimoe Copy Share Image
I always come from a female perspective and a strong music base, trying to keep a positive slant on things. It's important… — Nikka Costa Copy Share Image
On what inspires her when writing songs: I think everything does. I could be walking in the mall or walking outside. I… — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose… — Alicia Witt Copy Share Image
I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously. — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
Listening to music is like the best thing in the world, but writing those songs makes my feelings come out — Shar-rae Copy Share Image
I was just writing songs because, if a song shows up, you've gotta write it. I didn't know what to do with… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
I think when you're writing songs, it's impossible to not draw on personal experiences, whether it be traveling or girls or anything.… — Harry Styles Copy Share Image
I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively - and… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
I know it sounds weird for a 12-year-old to say that he wants to start writing songs, but that's what happened. — Jonas Blue Copy Share Image
When I was 6 my dad taught me the blues scale, and I started writing songs and improvising. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
I can write a poem in 10 minutes. I like writing songs; I can write songs in 5 or 10 minutes. My… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
Writing songs about how I feel has always been easy and fun for me, and I think the business side of music… — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
I didn't know if I could write. I was writing all these songs at home and was like, 'Maybe I can write?' — Morgan Wallen Copy Share Image
Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and… — Richie Sambora Copy Share Image
Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
I've found it really hard to finish writing songs when you're writing on not just your schedule but somebody else's. — Chris Carmack Copy Share Image
I saw my father writing songs and he would include me in the process when I was little so that kind of… — Pedro Capo Copy Share Image
Being in a band was so fun and exciting, but I was just kind of focusing more on performance and wasn't really… — Domino Kirke Copy Share Image
If I find myself just not feeling like writing songs anymore, I think I'll drop it. There's enough bad, insincere music out… — Isaac Brock Copy Share Image
I always was songwriting in high school, writing songs while I was supposed to be listening to the teacher. — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
I love performance, but I'm quite happy making videos as well, and I'm inordinately happy writing songs. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I've always loved to write, and I wrote fiction all my life. That's what I thought I was going to do in… — Jake Shears Copy Share Image
Pretty much my whole life, I've been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own… — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
Coming back to Dinosaur Jr. and actually writing songs for the band was really intense for me. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
