I'm not an extremely prolific writer. I don't write songs…

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to…

— Kenny Chesney

It takes me forever to write songs most of the time.

— Mark Linkous

I write songs all the time in my room. I play them for my friends and family.

— Miranda Cosgrove

The fact is I don't write songs, per se; I've written a couple here and there, but that's not my forte.

— John Dolmayan

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want…

— Roger Waters

You don't write songs, really, when you're on tour.

— David Longstreth

It's weird, because I don't feel prolific. I don't write anything for months at a time.

— Richard Greenberg

People send me songs all the time that are literally no-brainer hits... but for me, I'm an artist because I'm a writer.

— Kelsea Ballerini

I'm very excited about my new Spotify account, which gives me access to twenty gazillion songs any time, all the time. The day I…

— Susan Orlean

I always wanted to be in this role, as a songwriter. In the Pumpkins, it was always impossible because Corgan would wake up and…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

I don't write the songs; I just write 'em down.

— Bob Dylan

I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs.

— Stephen Sondheim

I don't write songs, songs write me.

— Sammy Cahn

I write all my own songs, so if it goes wrong, I don't co-write anything. It's all going to fall on me.

— Sam Fender

I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from "A Time…

— Stevie Wonder