I don't know exactly where the ideas come from, but when I get into a songwriting mode and it's coming along, it's… — Robert Earl Keen Copy Share Image
You're just like, "I like doing this - it's something I have a lot of passion for." You happen to do it,… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
I think the zenith of popular songwriting to the United States of America was that period that started in the '20s and… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
Usually the things that happen in my life are an easy trigger for songwriting. — Coeur de pirate Copy Share Image
Folk music is not for a select group of people who feel that maybe he taught them about this music and that… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
Songwriting was a gift that came to me when I needed it the most. — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations. — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I enjoy acting because it is very different to songwriting and it allows me to flex a different creative muscle. — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I guess when we're happy, it's easier to go with the flow, and when that happiness or joy is interrupted, that's when… — Jeremy Fisher Copy Share Image
Songwriting is the way of perpetual want. Songwriters are the blessed/cursed people. You will never have a moment's peace in your life.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.... — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting. — Adam Kluger Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams...all of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times...they're… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
'If You Could Read My Mind' was written during the collapse of my marriage. It's a great song. No one has any… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Coming out of 'Wretched and Divine,' I was still wanting to explore the more theatrical elements of songwriting. That led to Andy… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in… — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
I think it is good for people who are incarcerated or who are bound up one way or the other-people like Lily… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
When you're home or you're working, your mind just isn't allowed to just roll on like it does when you're watching the… — Pegi Young Copy Share Image
