Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the bastards aren't out to get you. ... Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could… — Lorenz Hart Copy Share Image
It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I wake up from dreams and go, 'Wow, put this down on paper.' The whole thing is strange. You hear the words,… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I love analogue tape and I love digital, they both have pluses and minuses and I don't really feel like I have… — Butch Vig Copy Share Image
Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline. — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures,… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention… — Melissa Manchester Copy Share Image
There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I was teaching myself notes from three and then by seven I'd figured out how to play some chords, and at school… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for… — Smokey Robinson Copy Share Image
We wrote a song, while sitting on a trampoline & we loved it so much that we ended up recording it as… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I don't really like to write at a desk. I like to write when driving in a car. ... Once you're working… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
Well, [bluntness in songwriting]'s a lot cheaper than therapy.... There's been a lot of things going on for the past 10 years… — Brent Smith Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make… — James Bay Copy Share Image
I start out with words, with the idea, the line. Then after I get a line or two, I try to find… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
The jam stuff doesn't appeal to me in general. My newfound love for the Dead came from Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia's… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
Even when there's not a joke or a hook, the first line has to be good and snapem to attention. Songs ain't… — Dan Bern Copy Share Image
It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song,… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days. — Grimes Copy Share Image
It's very professionally done, very clever songwriting. I like Backstreet Boys more than 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, it's all very… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
Say a thing well and it will be remembered-and so too will you. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
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