All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and… — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
“so much of the world is plunged in darkness and chaos... So ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Hemingway was very sparse in his writing. Kris Kristofferson is like that. He can take four words and say it all. — Todd Snider Copy Share Image
I actually played guitar before I played drums. And I always play guitar on the Slipknot albums as well, as well as… — Joey Jordison Copy Share Image
If after two weeks you still can't write your middle-eight, the best course of action is to see a psychiatrist — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung… — Crowder Copy Share Image
For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life. I'm interested in art,… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
A pretty pivotal moment for me was having a songwriting class with Paul McCartney when I was at LIPA, and then being… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full… — Nick Cave 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
On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
I write some crappy songs. ... but every once in a while I get just the right words put together for the… — Bonnie Baker Copy Share Image
I kind of talk about songwriting in the sense that it's really not my job to try to state hard truths. I'm… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
The first rule of improv is 'Never say no.' Use it when co-writing. To co-write, you need to be willing to be… — Chuck Cannon Copy Share Image
My brain never turns off of songwriting. Every conversation, everything I see, I'm just kind of like a sponge and I soak… — Dustin Lynch Copy Share Image
All of my surroundings influence my songwriting. It's autobiographical, although I leave enough space so it's relatable. — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
The songwriting did come naturally; it really did. Like Joe said, the first song we ever wrote together was the song that… — Kevin Jonas Copy Share Image
Songwriting can get pretty heavy and personal for me and I like being able to explore different emotions that are not necessarily… — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul. — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
I would describe my style of songwriting as classic. I learned very early on and have stuck to the core principles of… — Wendy Starland 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
We've always just gotten up there and played. We don't have any dancers, we don't have all that stuff going on, we… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Songwriting's a weird game. I never intended to become one - I fell into this by mistake, and I can't get out… — Keith Richards Copy Share Image
He felt himself in suspension between the two worlds, the warm, neat civilization behind his back, the cool, dark mystery outside. We… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
More times than not, it's a failed endeavor. You will fail more times than you succeed. But I think you need those… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm looking to describe something that's only true of my own circumstances. It's beyond. It's way inside, you know.… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
“I tried to look at writing a song almost like solving a mystery. The song was there, buried somewhere in my brain.… — Jon Skovron Copy Share Image
I draw the line at letting people into my songwriting cave. To me, that's where the alchemy happens and where the mystery… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter-singer. I'm very vocal oriented, of course, but songwriting - no matter whether it's for myself or another artist -… — LP Copy Share Image
My biggest lesson ... was to try and create narrators that were believable. ...so the listener becomes really invested in the story… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I always wanted to be either a pianist or a classical singer, and when I discovered songwriting, it… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate.… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
“I'm a peasant I'm the muzhik A pest you're destined to play the music And yes it's pleasant to say it's beauty… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. — Sarah Caldwell Copy Share Image
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