It's hard to write new stuff when the songs you have written before are still changing and evolving. It would be like… — Thomas Mars Copy Share Image
'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
“Money to Burn” is a fantasy. I mean, I would love for that to be a true story. Most of my songs… — Ladyhawke Copy Share Image
I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men… — Rudy Vallee Copy Share Image
None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I kept looking to do songs that were written years ago and would live or outlive all of us, and the one… — Michael Bolton Copy Share Image
There are about five or six songs that were written in full or in part while I was in Iraq, and that… — Bryan Hayes Copy Share Image
Usually when I'm writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I've been sort of writing sketches for songs on my own forever and putting them down on cassette tapes. Yet for years… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
In a way, the songs are written to be performed. I put them on records, but I'm always thinking about how an… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream… — Ryan Tedder Copy Share Image
The weirdest thing I've been fascinated with nowadays is the new contemporary country music, which to me sounds like very strange '70s… — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
When people say, 'Stay in your lane; you're a musician, so you should only talk about music,' what do you think songs… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
I got to work with David Hodges, who used to be in Evanescence, on some songs. He's written a ton of songs… — Lacey Sturm Copy Share Image
I like albums where all the songs are written in one go. If you're trying to create the number-one album with the… — Ben Lee Copy Share Image
When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people. — Colbie Caillat Copy Share Image
Only sing - don't do cheap songs, don't do silly songs, just do, just do wonderful songs that are well-written. — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
With some songs, I have written narratives or I've tried to carry it through, but generally the things that were more genius,… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Nobody says anything real today. Most of those girls have their songs written by other people. It annoys me, because 'eh oh… — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
On my first album some of the songs were written when I was 14 or 15 so your life experience means you… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
“We all understand that this is just music. We all understand these songs were written Before - there is no way the… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang… — Bebe Rexha Copy Share Image
All the songs were written on guitar and then put into the computer, where I played around with different sounds I was… — Jamie Woon Copy Share Image
I love Billy Joel. I cry sometimes when I hear The Stranger. You May Be Right may be one of the greatest… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
Many of the songs were written as a way of paying tribute to specific people, but in the end the songs took… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
My goal is to put out an album with every song being an original composition of mine. I want the credits to… — Gregg Allman Copy Share Image
All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They… — Shooter Jennings Copy Share Image
Every girl wants songs written about her. Even the most hardened tattoo-covered punk rock girl would love a nice ballad written for… — Eef Barzelay Copy Share Image
There are not so many songs written about love today like there were in the past. It's all changed, but that's why… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own. — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
I can say that on the record 'Transit of Venus,' there's maybe one or two songs that actually do come from my… — Adam Gontier Copy Share Image
I always feel like I have got so much to write about, when it comes to writing for the album. I still… — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
I was writing a lot of true love songs-true love almost gone wrong but saved at the last moment...Many of the best… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We… — Margaret Whiting Copy Share Image
Actually, I never tell for whom my songs are written. It's a kind of superstition! I started writing songs for not having… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and… — Krist Novoselic Copy Share Image
Since the songs were written over a five-year period, I think these are little snapshots. Some people call it political or topical,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I don't feel that all the great songs have been written. I do feel that where we are now, certainly with rock… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
