I've been writing songs all my life. My mom said I wrote…

There was once a boy who wrote a song on a autumn day the wind was blowing gently in his face thoughts from his…

— Ryan Davies

Throughout my career as a songwriter, I've had a knack for writing songs that were about me and my life experiences and observations.

— Richie Sambora

At the beginning of my career, I saw an opportunity to forge new ground and focus on songwriting. Not many people were doing that…

— Kaskade

There's a song called 'All We'd Ever Need,' which is actually the first song that the three of us wrote together on our first…

— Hillary Scott

I wrote my first song, called Spectator,' when I was 11.

— Ananya Birla

After I left the Pumpkins, I went home and just sat around. I have a studio in my basement, and I found myself writing…

— Jimmy Chamberlin

Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take…

— Alan Menken

My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I only discover…

— Alanis Morissette

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

— Kris Kristofferson

I was a cover artist for years. I didn't start writing songs until I was in my mid-twenties. I wrote them with John Leventhal,…

— Shawn Colvin

I wrote my first song when I was nine, and it was called 'Notice Me'. My Mom still has the piece of paper around…

— Kacey Musgraves

I've always written by myself. I've never been in a situation where the whole band sat in a room and wrote a song. I…

— Wayne Static

I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock ballad. There's…

— Ashley Tisdale

The songwriting did come naturally; it really did. Like Joe said, the first song we ever wrote together was the song that got us…

— Kevin Jonas

I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.

— Mary Steenburgen