I'm just following the Irish tradition of songwriting, the Irish way of life, the human way of life. Cram as much pleasure… — Shane MacGowan 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
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
What's the point of getting up in the morning unless you're gonna have an adventure? As the moments of our life are… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I've lived through a lot of dark environments one way or another while growing up and that has influenced my songwriting. — Aimee Osbourne Copy Share Image
Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's a reason… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
If you told the truth, that was all well and good and if you told the un-truth, well, that's still well and… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is a very important outlet for… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to write bad songs and then start over and re-evaluate. Songs are like plants, in that you grow them.… — Corey Harris Copy Share Image
To me, music and songwriting is... part of the intriguing thing is the creative process; you know, the creative thought process. Relying… — Page Hamilton Copy Share Image
Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a craft. Writing good songs on a a consistent basis doesn not happen spontaneously. In fact, most of our best… — Michael Kosser Copy Share Image
As far as songwriting, I'm not sure if they wrote all of their own stuff, but I love the Dixie Chicks. — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace. — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
Basically, I'm just a guitar player that figured out I wasn't ever gonna be able to buy dinner with my guitar playing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
She did get put through the system with a lot of the hit songwriters, who were great songwriters, but it was more… — Frank Liddell Copy Share Image
That's really where my heart is, unfortunately - I'm less interested in songwriting and more into just making noise. — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Obviously I've always loved singing and performing, but I fell in love with songwriting and then I enjoyed doing that for other… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
In making movies, time is so short-because it is so expensive-that we tend to neglect the place from which the best ideas… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience,… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands… — David Massengill Copy Share Image
