Songwriting Quotes · Page 13

A lot of bands are influenced by other bands, and that informs their songwriting for sure. It definitely informs my songwriting, too.…

— Ty Segall

Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play…

— Nikki Sixx

I feel like the inspiration is that I've managed to change my songwriting over the past couple of years and also production…

— Marika Hackman

People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some…

— Amanda Shires

I do more writing by myself than with anybody else. My best thing is sitting...around somewhere with a guitar, and having an…

— Charlie Daniels

I think for me to be involved in a festival, there has to be a strong element of songwriting and musicianship.

— Aaron Dessner

You might 'write from the heart,' but you'd better polish with your brain.

— Margaret Atwood

Annie Lalley is one of the funniest and most likable personalities you'll ever see on stage --which makes the depth of her…

— Pierce Pettis

I became very aware of what I was used to relying on, almost tricks. It's funny because I could feel myself creating…

— Zach Condon

The 'Sodajerker' podcast is the work of Liverpool songwriting duo Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor.

— David Hepworth

I really don't know what exactly all the songs mean. Sometimes other people have meanings and when I hear them I think,…

— Paul Simon

I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.

— Amos Lee

Songwriting is a burst of inspiration and then a long bit of work and a tremendous bit of desperation.

— Donovan

If you are in NYC and you only do one thing culturally go and see Carol Lipnik at Pangea. If you love…

— Justin Vivian Bond

I'm treating country music like it's a sport. I'm looking at where my competition is and realized I needed to work on…

— Kip Moore

I edit as I go. Especially when I go to commit it to paper. I prefer a typewriter even to a computer.…

— John Prine

I do believe we should push each other to write better songs and make better music. We do ourselves a disservice if…

— Bonnie Baker

70 percent of what we do involves staring into space trying to figure out what the hell happens next.

— Robert Gregory Browne

Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to…

— Nanci Griffith

I actually went to an Oasis concert. I thought they were a brilliant songwriting band.

— Tom Stoppard

I like to make up songs. And it's my opinion that all these songs mean a lot to me, but that doesn't…

— Todd Snider

But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.

— Krist Novoselic

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know…

— Elmore Leonard

The more people who come from musical backgrounds and go into promotion, production, songwriting, A&R, plus get their business head together, the…

— Damon Thomas

Songwriting really kicked in with the guitar. I was going through a lot as a kid. There had been a lot of…

— Jade Bird