Music writing Quotes

I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.

— Nell Freudenberger

Star quality: I don't know what it is, but I've got it.

— Noel Coward

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

— Stephen Greenblatt

Making music and writing kind of come from the same creative place.

— Ryan Eggold

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

— Mary Roach

LCD is a band about a band writing music about writing music.

— James Murphy

“In art, music, and writing, if it's not of the heart, it means nothing.”

— Terry a O'Neal

I was making the music and writing the songs which reflected the emerging consciousness of my generation.

— Donovan

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

— Lincoln Child

When I'm making my music, I'm writing it, I'm producing it, I'm playing all the instruments, I'm performing. It's my own world…

— Lenny Kravitz

I wasn't letting people in with the music writing process, and for a long time, I thought I was hard to work…

— Tobias Forge

I don't listen to music while writing; it seems to me I'm trying to make my own kind of music, and to…

— Chang-Rae Lee

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The funny thing is, the music that I'm writing now is probably some of the most cutting edge we've ever done. The…

— Charlie Daniels

I'm weird - I don't really listen to American music while I'm writing. I do occasionally get an anthem song, but generally…

— Violet Duke

I know a lot of people don't listen to music when they're writing because it distracts them, but for me it's almost…

— Dan Chaon

One thing I'm super aware of in my music when I'm writing is: 'Am I overcomplicating this?' I'll write a song about…

— Julien Baker

I try to listen to as much as possible. I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and…

— Devendra Banhart

I like any and all of my associations with music -writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and…

— Duke Ellington

At a young age, I really wanted to make music and make my own sort of thing. I'm sure if it wasn't…

— El-P

Success is being artistically fulfilled and happy. You can't control how people see your movie or how much money it makes...and the…

— Ansel Elgort

I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and recording, but I am very inspired by so many…

— Devendra Banhart

Music and writing do fold together in the sense that you have to have a certain level of skill in order to…

— James McBride

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.…

— Van Morrison

I think the best thing about music is that someone could be writing a song that's so personal, and it tells so…

— Theresa Wayman

I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

Music's always part of my writing. I think all art is interconnected. You can't create or experience one without its influences bleeding…

— Charles de Lint

This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what…

— Gary Provost

I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at…

— Tao Lin

Film is such an extraordinary rich medium which can handle so many different modes of operation, combining together in the same place…

— Peter Greenaway

Maybe I should get back to the music-writing phase and write one on tax reform.

— Orrin Hatch

We're always recording music, writing songs.

— Hope Sandoval

I love music more than anything, but writing was like my first love.

— Gracie Abrams

I really didn't like anything the way I liked playing music and writing songs.

— Tyler Childers

Music, or the type of music that I'm writing, is very personal.

— SZA

I never listen to music when I'm writing.

— Ben Fountain

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

— Victor Hugo

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs.

— Anthony Minghella

The reason we fall in love with certain music and writing is we connect with it on a very personal level.

— Mark Manson

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it,…

— Van Morrison