“... but I believe that music can change a life, because it changed mine.” — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Martin, Dave, and I get together and rough out a few songs and put them on cassettes for some reference...With the actual… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star. — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way. — RaeLynn Copy Share Image
I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music,… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the… — Dan Piraro Copy Share Image
I'm pretty critical, but I'm also pretty good at letting go once it's done. There's this existential argument that comes in, at… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing… — Conor Oberst 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
Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
Pressure has always been more of a friend than a foe for me with songwriting. — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
I don't think there are any clichés I try to avoid. As soon as I spot a cliché, I go for it.… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We… — John Fowles 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
I think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message. — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
In my opinion, that's one of the hardest things to do in songwriting: crafting a song that speaks to you but, at… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do… — Shakira Copy Share Image
The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my career, I saw an opportunity to forge new ground and focus on songwriting. Not many people were… — Kaskade Copy Share Image
The only way to be original in your songwriting is to write about your own experiences, and I think that's what we… — Luke Hemmings Copy Share Image
There's a lot of craft in songwriting. The divine inspiration is when the idea comes. It may be a riff. It may… — John Oates Copy Share Image
