Songwriting is a muscle. The more you do it, the better you get at it. — Jason Derulo Copy Share Image
Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there. — David Friedman Copy Share Image
I want to become one of the songwriting greats. That's my number one goal. — Kim Petras Copy Share Image
Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing. — Jo Stafford Copy Share Image
I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies… — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. ... Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged. — Pat Pattison Copy Share Image
My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together. — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
I like the songwriting. I don't ever listen and then go back and change stuff. For me when I wrote the song,… — Christopher Owens Copy Share Image
I've always held the song in high regard because songs have got me through so many sinks of dishes and so many… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I think what I wanted to do was meet someone who knew more than me about songwriting structure and progressions and middle… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
My second husband and I were going through a bitter divorce, and I didn't have the money for a fancy-pants attorney. I… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
When it comes to songwriting, I grew up in the Seventies listening to AM radio. So I've all these pop songs running… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I write a song today, basically it goes on the stage tomorrow. That's the way it works. You cannont interrupt your… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
After a casual listen, it might be easy to lump Rocky Votolato in with the downtrodden likes of Conor Oberst and Elliott… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Often I don't know what the song means until it's finished. Sometimes months later. I don't think that's bad. It implies that… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
Apropos, is not the Scotch phrase 'Auld Lang Syne' exceedingly expressive? I shall give you the verses on the other sheet. The… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
A few years back, even the most commercial pop could have some artistic value. Someone who liked underground music could appreciate Justin… — Jorge Elbrecht Copy Share Image
I entered a songwriting competition, I didn't win, and one of the judges on the panel was an A&R man at a… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I think I'm better at producing than I am at being a songwriter, but it doesn't change the fact that I still… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Writin songs is like a mystery. The most difficult thing to do is have a good idea. If you have a decent… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
