I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano…

Some composers end up writing for the guitar as they would write piano music or, more often, harp music. It isn't the same.

— Julian Bream

I write everything from an acoustic guitar.

— Jelly Roll

I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down and play…

— Tom Petty

I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer I couldn't…

— Yoshiki

I am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the…

— Elton John

I would never say I 'play' guitar. But yeah, I play to write. Same with piano.

— Bibi Bourelly

My biggest problem about writing is whenever I write piano pieces, because I then have to learn to play them, which is sometimes not…

— Philip Glass

I would like to sit and and write some acoustic stuff. That's what I want to do. It means creatively, that's what I want…

— Avril Lavigne

I write at the piano, so I write things that fit comfortably under my hands, and I'm not thinking in terms of any specific…

— Esperanza Spalding

I don't think any of the early Romantic composers knew how to write for the piano... The music of that era is full of…

— Glenn Gould

I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata or that…

— Stephen Hough

I only write when I'm angry or sad, so because that's when I just have to write... If I'm having a good time and…

— Fiona Apple

Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.

— Glenn Gould

I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.

— Elton John

Write great songs that sound amazing if sung and played on the piano or acoustic guitar. Always encourage sing-alongs! Be prolific! Say "Yes" to…

— Wendy Starland