I write on all instruments.

I was sixteen, I became a working guitar player gigging in LA, mostly in top 40 bands, then touring. I learned to take songs…

— Danny Jacob

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then…

— Alber Elbaz

I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't…

— Cass McCombs

I'm interested in the eternal soul. That's what I write about.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that thought-out. I feel like the way I…

— Langhorne Slim

I never had a highfalutin' view of what I write.

— Clive Cussler

I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a…

— Richard Powers

Everything I write is highly personal, but put in such a way that it's not dropping everything in someone's lap. Although sometimes I think…

— Jane Siberry

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

— Lydia Lunch

Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because…

— Howie Mandel

Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I…

— Stacy Schiff

I write at a desk. I have a room of my own where I can have my computer. I write in there, usually directly…

— Eve Bunting

The thing is I write to music, so every script I have has its own playlist. Music just opens me up to the emotions…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood