I'm not just a country artist. I've got so any sides to me and the music I write. — Hank Williams III Copy Share Image
If you make modern rap music, how do you write without ripping off anyone else? It's just about having a distinct voice… — Ludwig Goransson Copy Share Image
I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
With music that I write, I like to have in there something you can relate to, a way to share the experience. — Mike Romano Copy Share Image
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
I'm not a down-in-the-dumps person. I think some people assume that I am because of the music I write. — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things… — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately I've been to jail a couple times. Anytime I come in it's difficult to make music, write songs. — Gucci Mane Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music when I write. If I do, I usually end up giving it my whole attention, which means,… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
What matters in modern music is not the part you can write down, the words and the tune, but the rest -… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I would never really listen to my own music or whatever, but I write music so I can deal with things and… — Zac Farro Copy Share Image
I love all kinds of music, and I would write really traditional country songs and songs that were just really out there,… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
Music is my passion so I feel like I'll be doing this for a long time and God forbid if anything happens… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
A huge part of my writing process is listening to music as I write, almost creating an unofficial soundtrack to the film… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I always listen to music when I write! I basically make a playlist for every essay; sometimes it's just one song, or… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
The idea is that we're always going to have a good live show, and we love to pay our music and write… — John Popper Copy Share Image
There's no new direction. It's not more poppy or more rocky. They're just rock'n'roll tunes. I'll never change the music I write. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I actually can't listen to music and write poetry at the same time, but I do kind of think about the music… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Write your own music and write frequently. Go to as many live shows as you can as well (of bands you enjoy… — Dia Frampton Copy Share Image
Music is this divine thing, the closest that we can get to something divine. It's like this instinct we all own, and… — Aurora Copy Share Image
I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't… — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard… — Esperanza Spalding Copy Share Image
My only real hobby is playing music. I write a lot of music on guitar and keyboards and hope one day to… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Because I write the music, I write the lyrics, I write the vocal melody lines - I write everything. Just because I… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
To be able to wake up and know I get to do music every single day - arrange music, compose music, write… — Kevin Olusola Copy Share Image
All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn't read music or write it. No connections, no car,… — Barry White Copy Share Image
Happy music that is genuinely joyful is probably the hardest music to write. I think miserable stuff is more natural to the… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
Rarely a producer gives me music and I write to it. I think that's too easy. Most of the time for me,… — Brooke Valentine Copy Share Image
Since I met Starsmith, my producer, I really feel like I'm making music because we write it together and produce it together.… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and… — Bryan Greenberg Copy Share Image
I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the… — Peter Maxwell Davies Copy Share Image
There's not one thing in particular that influences my music, but I write about what I know. It's based in personal experience.… — Holly Golightly Copy Share Image
I still make music. I still write music and I record music, I just don't trust music promotion [and] distribution right now… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image