The New Kids took some hits for, you know, not writing their own music. But on a songwriting standpoint, I mean, I'd… — Joey McIntyre Copy Share Image
“A critic can call any poem 'doggerel.' That is no more than a slur. 'Doggerel' or 'maudlin' or 'sappy' or 'sentimental' is… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent… — Irving Berlin Copy Share Image
It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
The rule of songwriting: say what you want to say, say it again, say it a different way, then say it again. — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
I have never been in a serious relationship and never had a break-up, so I can't tug on my heartstrings that way.… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process. — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
These days I keep a journal, so I'm constantly sketching down my thoughts, or lines that come to me...ideas for songs. And… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies… — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying… — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning, or the middle of the night when an idea comes through. My songwriting style, basically I… — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
I don't have some songwriting formula that I kinda go by. Usually it just comes by way of inspiration. Sometimes I'm inspired… — Natalie Grant Copy Share Image
The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
I think my entire songwriting catalog reflects where I was in my life at the time. I capture whatever moment I am… — Rayvon Owen Copy Share Image
I find out a little more every single day about myself. And when it comes to my songwriting, I feel like it's… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
I take songwriting very seriously and I wouldn't want anything I do to be construed as frivolous or mundane. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had… — Paul Anka Copy Share Image
I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
Make the verses flow together. If a following verse has nothing to do with the previous, you may lose our listener/reader. You… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I look at bands like the Beach Boys, Hall & Oates and Blur, and those are the bands I want to be… — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
