If you don't have to write songs, why write them? I've got enough where I don't really feel the urge to write… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I'm very hands on with my music - I do all the artwork and everything myself - and the songs I write… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I won't get into it any more than to say that there are parts of me in all the songs that I… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
There were songs I would write about breaking up with somebody before I broke up with them, months and months before I… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head. — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I… — Mika Copy Share Image
I don’t have a problem baring my emotions in music. That’s one of the reasons I’m glad to have music in my… — Shelby Lynne Copy Share Image
Most of the songs I write just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to… — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
I think when you write songs, you write about people... People are the source of my material. And London is a wonderful… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the music business are a bit doom and gloom, People say it's probably easier to write sad… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
Most of the songs I write are full of power, and I'm suspecting it may come from my love for grotesque Renaissance… — Sigrid Copy Share Image
The songs I write are about how I feel and the vibe I'm in. So whether I'm on a tour or at… — MO Copy Share Image
So yeah, it's nothing that I'm doing on purpose, I just think that the more records, the more songs that I write,… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
The only piece of advice I've ever given anybody is learn to write songs and write as many songs as you can.… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
I enjoy the songs that I write, but I can never enjoy them the same way as other peoples' songs. — Mark Lanegan Copy Share Image
I like the Sci Fi channel and 'Science Fiction Theatre.' I've been doing a lot of television-watching and thinking about good songs… — Roky Erickson Copy Share Image
A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners. — Harlan Howard Copy Share Image
I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my… — Sia Copy Share Image
In the songs that I write, that's where I get to be really brave and outspoken. — Emily Kinney Copy Share Image
Women and their impact, good and bad. It makes men write songs. I write about relationships, basically. — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
I can write a poem in 10 minutes. I like writing songs; I can write songs in 5 or 10 minutes. My… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
I can't hire other people to write songs for me. I have to write them myself. — Shakira Copy Share Image
Try to own the songs you write because you could get lucky, but you are ultimately going to have to perform your… — John Popper Copy Share Image
“I have songs to write and songs to sing and planes to fly and I want to see my old yellow truck… — Jennifer Niven Copy Share Image
It's pretty much the songs I write that dictate what vibe it should be and what singers it should be. — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
Whenever a songwriter writes a big hit, then the next 20 songs they write - no matter how bad they are -… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that… — John Frusciante Copy Share Image
Songs do write themselves through you; I know people find it hard to believe, but it's true. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
If you listen to the songs I write, they are the most ADHD songs ever. They have five hooks in one and… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs write… — R. Kelly Copy Share Image
I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. We’re all going to have bummer moments. That’s not the… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
When I'm writing songs, I write visually. When I'm writing the words down and I listen to the melody and the lyrics,… — Christian Kane Copy Share Image
There's some songs you write like you would write for a four- or five-piece band. But there are times when you start… — Derek Trucks Copy Share Image
From very early on, I've realized that and I have a mission statement with my songs to entertain, to encourage and to… — Jonny Diaz Copy Share Image
