Maybe I should get back to the music-writing phase and write one on tax reform. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
“In art, music, and writing, if it's not of the heart, it means nothing.” — Terry a O'Neal Copy Share Image
The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever. — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio,… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
While I'm writing YA, I can't read YA, and the same with adult. I usually only listen to music while I'm writing… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences. — Lincoln Child Copy Share Image
I was making the music and writing the songs which reflected the emerging consciousness of my generation. — Donovan Copy Share Image
It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be.… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. — James Brown Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax. — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
With writing music and writing songs and recording music and coming up with stuff, you need to kind of reengage that kind… — Michael Kiwanuka Copy Share Image
I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
My two favorite parts of what I do are definitely writing the music and then writing and directing the videos to support… — Melanie Martinez Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of different stuff, from Mozart to Johnny Dowd to Monster Magnet. I don't listen to music while… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I write, it's intimate. I write in the car, and I don't even hear, like, ambulances driving past me because I'm… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Music and writing do fold together in the sense that you have to have a certain level of skill in order to… — James McBride Copy Share Image
Although they only give gold medals in the field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own… — John Naber Copy Share Image
The fascination with the music stayed with me for years and I wanted to find out why I liked it so much… — Gregor Schwellenbach Copy Share Image
Film is such an extraordinary rich medium which can handle so many different modes of operation, combining together in the same place… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I always have a feeling you should move the playing field and the minute you know what you're doing, you're wrong. Therefore,… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I love music more than anything, but writing was like my first love. — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
I really didn't like anything the way I liked playing music and writing songs. — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
