Songwriting Quotes · Page 31

The poems are part of my attempt to understand being in the world in an honest way.

— Dan Beachy-Quick

I think my songwriting has developed over the years. As I get older, I have become less afraid to share real experiences.

— Rayvon Owen

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this…

— Martin Gore

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

— Voltaire

It's unfashionable to admit, but playing music makes us happy and makes us smile.

— Chris Hesse

Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever.

— Margaret Atwood

I went to visit a friend of mine, a writer name Troy Seal, a songwriting fool. He's had a ton of hits.…

— Donnie Fritts

I love performing now, and that's due to how truly kind my audience is. They're all sensitive people too, and that has…

— Gracie Abrams

Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the…

— Chris Stapleton

I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem…

— Rivers Cuomo

I think most of the work of songwriting is thinking of great phrases - I'm addicted, always on the hunt for a…

— Ezra Furman

I think I'm better at songwriting now, and it does come easier. I have faith in my initial instincts.

— Mark Kozelek

To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the…

— Beth Orton

There's enough songs for people to listen to, if they want to listen to songs. For every man, woman and child on…

— Bob Dylan

All the characters on the album are inside me, though none are me. They are sides of me or who I was.

— David Berman

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it…

— Loretta Lynn

I love that element of songwriting. I think it's so important to be open and honest, that's always how I've been in…

— Lola Young

Well, our songwriting process is pretty collective.

— Adam Rich

Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I…

— Luke Bryan

Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.

— Rod Stewart

I'm just getting back into my songwriting groove. It's still pretty early. But I don't want to make 'Hero 2.' It's going…

— Maren Morris

I started meeting the right people, like [producer] Dave [Okumu], who explained to me how songwriting is really simple - "just like…

— Jessie Ware

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in…

— Miranda Lambert

Songwriting wasn't my gift. I think you have to cultivate a gift; you have to practice and develop craft around your gift…

— Linda Ronstadt

For me, a song doesn't really take flight until it has a lyric on it. ...Without a lyric that I'm happy with,…

— Ben Gibbard