You know, I write songs, I repair guitars.

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars…

— Tom DeLonge

From the first album I'm playing bass on a lot of the tunes, and piano on a lot of 'em, and drums, and guitars.…

— J. J. Cale

I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write…

— Ester Dean

I write songs, I play a guitar and that's it.

— KT Tunstall

I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing songs to…

— Conor Oberst

I write songs about fat girls and about men who run off to Mexico.

— Mika

I don't write duets - I write songs for my voice.

— Tarja Turunen

When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I heard Sammy…

— Jill Sobule

I write almost all my songs on an acoustic guitar, even if they turn into rock songs, hard rock songs, metal songs, heavy metal…

— Corey Taylor

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

— Miranda Cosgrove

As always, I wrote songs. Some people cook or play sports. This is what I love to do. Sometimes I can't express myself that…

— Yael Naim

Some people might go to the gym and swim laps, but I write songs. Every single day, I write something new and record it.

— Glenn Hughes

I write songs to turn myself into something else. And then I become that, and I want to become something else.

— Mika

If I write songs trying to top other songs, it's a lot of pressure.

— Nicky Jam

When I write songs, it's very random. I get influenced by the most random things! Sometimes it just comes to me in my sleep…

— Roshon Fegan