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> [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 blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-atkins/you-wind-up-creating-from-silence-like-painting-a-picture-on-a-blank/)

[Rodney Atkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-atkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/rodney-atkins-14850_blank_you-wind-up-creating-from-silence-like-p_12218.jpg)

> [I think just letting go is a really good thing to do in many areas of your life, songwriting included.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingrid-michaelson/i-think-just-letting-go-is-a-really-good-thing-to-do-in-many-areas-of/)

[Ingrid Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingrid-michaelson/)

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