Songwriting Quotes · Page 15

I had to really do some studying and examination of my own songwriting and I realized that, there's not a formula by…

— Andy Wilkinson

Songwriting is such a personal thing and it's hard to be in a room with somebody you don't know and trust.

— Martie Maguire

I usually eat breakfast twice. I'm usually up at 3 a.m. - do my spiritual work, my affirmations, a little bit of…

— Dolly Parton

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't…

— Laufey

Try writing...a list, a letter, a journal, a novel, a declaration.

— Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

If you're in it because you love it and you have to do it, that's the right reason. If you're in it…

— Kris Kristofferson

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

When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate.…

— Dave Grohl

A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's…

— Brian Molko

I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart?

— Banks

Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline.

— Margaret Atwood

When I was around 13 or 14, I started getting really into songwriting. And one day, I was rooting through my mum's…

— Tom Odell

The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the…

— Carole King

The only thing I could see myself doing is music - songwriting or producing or something. I've never seen myself being in…

— Demi Lovato

I don't write poetry for the page because my inclination in that area is satisfied by songwriting. "Ornamental Hermit" was a comparatively…

— David Grubbs

The secret of a great melody is a secret.

— Dave Brubeck

I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.

— Mel Brooks

I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.

— Joe Strummer

When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and…

— Ray Davies

Tom [Collins] was a great influence on me. He really pushed me...constantly demanded rewrites. And, as much as I despised them, it…

— Dean Dillon

I don't think about commercial concerns when I first come up with something. When I sit down at the piano, I try…

— Lamont Dozier

“... because one day, maybe one day, if I learned how to write clear enough, sing loud enough, be strong enough, I…

— Charlotte Eriksson

I think after doing Push and Shove and having it not be successful, I lost a lot of confidence. Songwriting, for me,…

— Gwen Stefani

The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel…

— Ben Harper

Making vocal hooks is my favorite thing to do. That's what I love about songwriting - making catchy stuff.

— Sigrid