I don't sit down to write a song; they just come to me…

I always try to write a song to work things out with myself and I want to do it with a little punchline at…

— Amy Winehouse

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

— Steve Earle

I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with doing things…

— St. Lucia

The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind of song…

— Alan Lomax

Sometimes, you sit down to write a song, you don't realize what it's going to mean to somebody other than yourself.

— Luke Combs

There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit…

— Paul McCartney

In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it.

— Matthew Ramsey

When you sit and write a song, sit and write the best song you can write, just try and write it and be connected.

— Eric Roberson

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can.

— Sharon Jones

There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.

— Glen Hansard

I sit and I write automatically. I don't really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs…

— Brian Wilson

When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me,…

— Martin Gore

I don't sit down to write a song, per se.

— Creed Bratton

I can sit in my room and write a song that I think might be a hit. I can sort of make myself do…

— Estelle

I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

— Mose Allison