I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
Something like going to get the newspaper can increase your writing efficiency by taking you away from the material. When I'm doing… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
All the songs that were written for that album are just all our first sophomore songs. So they're all from real life.… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid. — Neil Finn Copy Share Image
The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter,… — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
Writing a song isn't that hard. Writing a good song is difficult. Let's face it, we're faced with taking a complex feeling… — Ann Reed Copy Share Image
I didn't move to Nashville with any inkling or dreams of getting a record deal. I didn't have those stars in my… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
I can't write from the subconscious actually, because a lot of the time when I co-write with other people, I'm writing for… — Gary Louris Copy Share Image
I'd advise all you songwriters out there, if you're getting into it for the business, go home and get a job digging… — Butch Hancock Copy Share Image
My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything. I go into my office every day that I'm in… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
I've always been such an oversharer. I'll tell my Uber driver all of my deepest traumas and insecurities, and so I just… — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs. — Jane Wiedlin Copy Share Image
