Being real Quote by Aaron Tippin

The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them…

— Nick Cave

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our…

— Rodney Atkins

Songwriting is just like any other kind of writing - it's either fiction or nonfiction. You can even get into philosophy and politics, which…

— J. J. Cale

For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit…

— Sean Lennon

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all…

— Glenn Hughes

To me, music and songwriting is... part of the intriguing thing is the creative process; you know, the creative thought process. Relying on that...…

— Page Hamilton

Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the ideas that…

— Mike Campbell

I think that anyone really can write songs, it just takes having an idea and a feeling and chasing it, and you can learn…

— Carly Rae Jepsen

Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared and you're…

— William Clark Green

I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the craft of…

— Jason Isbell

I have enjoyed writing songs for so long... it felt like in order to make music that I could relate to myself, I would…

— Bridgit Mendler

There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do…

— Norah Jones