It turned out so well because it was the first album that I could identify with in terms of lyrics. ("Captain Fantastic")… — Elton John Copy Share Image
That is what diminishes the artist and his song. The artist is now hermetically sealed. The publishing company got him his deal… — Michael Kosser Copy Share Image
Songwriting is telling short stories. But instead of 15 to 20 pages, it's three to five minutes. — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
I love the pursuit of songwriting, and I've seen what songs can do in people's lives. Some of the stories that come… — Matt Redman 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
Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing. — Jo Stafford Copy Share Image
I sought to reform minstrelsy among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive… — Stephen Foster 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
I use three main tools in writing: instinct, hard work and dumb luck. Dumb luck is missing a train and, while you… — David Massengill Copy Share Image
If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it. — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
Especially on Broadway, composers and lyricists fretted over their creations, obsessed over every rhyme, every critical chord or interval. The stakes were… — Michael Kosser Copy Share Image
Johnny Cash's face belongs on Mount Rushmore...I don't write as much as I did back when I was writing songs every day.… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
The thing is, I feel like it would defeat the purpose of being a musician if I let any kind of fear… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
“I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty… — Criss Jami 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
“Unless the object of the singer’s affection is a vampire, surely what Hart means is unphotogenic. Only vampires are unphotographable, but affectionate… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Most of the really good songs are dead true. ... It had to have happened to have the song be there. Every… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
I don't think my songwriting process has been influenced directly by either of my parents, because that is definitely something that you… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
