I know great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we all used to hang out. He would… — Barry McGuire Copy Share Image
You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent… — Irving Berlin Copy Share Image
The best songs that I write usually come in, like, two minutes, and I think a lot of songwriters would probably say… — Lauren Hart Copy Share Image
We've known each other [in Motorpsycho ] since 1985 or '86, are really different as personalities, and yet have actually never disagreed… — Bent Saether Copy Share Image
A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
The confessional singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s was in full swing, and Bob Dylan's emotional album [ Blood on the Tracks] resonated… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning, or the middle of the night when an idea comes through. My songwriting style, basically I… — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Music is cyclical and as an artist and songwriter, you need to be able to predict what trend is coming next. — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel. — Bryan Hayes Copy Share Image
Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever… — Tom Chapin Copy Share Image
It is cool to have a label head that is also a songwriter, in a band, and produces records. — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
I'm just a singer/songwriter and entertainer and I miss people and the energy of the crowd. When I play live it's a… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
Finally I started really opening up as a songwriter and an interpreter and taking songs from all kind of genres and stripping… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not… — Avicii Copy Share Image
I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't… — John Prine Copy Share Image
John Farrar, my dear friend and songwriter/producer of most of my hits (he wrote "You're The One That I Want" and "Hopelessly… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
The most important thing to me as a songwriter is the breath. The most important thing I could say to somebody is,… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Anyone who knows the history of the Pete Best Band or the Combo, we were on the verge of breaking in in… — Pete Best Copy Share Image
When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
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