I think the songs I was writing after Aeroplane were full of a lot of undealt-with pain that was just a little… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
“I tried to look at writing a song almost like solving a mystery. The song was there, buried somewhere in my brain.… — Jon Skovron Copy Share Image
[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters… — Dan Beachy-Quick Copy Share Image
I can't draw. But I can draw with sound. That's the most useful thing I learned in terms of what my craft… — Linda Ronstadt 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
As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess… — Bjork Copy Share Image
I write one step at a time, always finishing off the part I'm working on before even thinking about the next part.… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through. — Feist Copy Share Image
Most songs I write are spur-of-the-moment-type things. I have to be spontaneous. If not, songwriting can bore me. There is no pre-design… — Anthony Hamilton Copy Share Image
For me, in songwriting, I have a route I can take. Maybe there's some forks, I can go this way, this way.… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like ... being possessed. You try to go to sleep but the song won't let you. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the… — Robin Gibb 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
The music and the philosophy feed off of one another on a subconscious level, though I've never really integrated my academic teaching… — Steve Weinstein Copy Share Image
When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album. — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I was sleeping in the woods one night after a gig we'd played somewhere, when I saw this girl appear before me.… — Syd Barrett Copy Share Image
I've been in the songwriting circuit as well. I've been in a couple writing camps where there are seven top writers or… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
I love when rappers have a off-beat, very abstract timing, and he certainly did.And any rapper who really approaches rapping with the… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
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