My songwriting and overall approach to music go beyond just good singing and strong musicality - I want people, now more so… — Rayvon Owen Copy Share Image
People were like, 'he's collaborating with Taylor Swift' and I was like, 'I am?' I think she's wonderful. Her songwriting has inspired… — Finneas 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
All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They… — Shooter Jennings Copy Share Image
Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people. — Loretta Lynn Copy Share Image
What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people.… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in… — Bridgit Mendler Copy Share Image
I can't get enough of this guy called Baths. He's a total L.A. dude and really young as well. It's super-electronic, but… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
Being a perfectionist, I didn't want to settle for just getting by, so I enrolled in a vocal training program. I then… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
I want to write songs with complete sentences. I almos have this obsession with short-changing words. I would never be so pretentious… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
I like to make up songs. And it's my opinion that all these songs mean a lot to me, but that doesn't… — Todd Snider Copy Share Image
I think it's probably, musically, probably the most sophisticated. ("The Woman in White") There's a lot more daring harmony in it than… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
I was in 'Jacques Brel' Off-Broadway for many years, so I've always been a singing actress, but the songwriting was a complete… — Amanda McBroom Copy Share Image
I always said I would have gone in to psychology, or maybe the FBI. I'm really in to and interested in humans… — Jessica Harp Copy Share Image
Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively. — Tommy Shaw Copy Share Image
My songwriting, when I'm writing, is nothing like it is in its finished form - but you have to start somewhere. — Christine McVie Copy Share Image
Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and… — Vusi Mahlasela 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
As time progressed, my songwriting developed out of my bass, because that's all I could do. I decided to take it as… — Stephen Bruner Copy Share Image
Cowriting is very personal. A great song is an honest song, so you have to be able to open up to the… — Liz Rose Copy Share Image
Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier. — Synyster Gates Copy Share Image
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect… — Scott Weiland 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
It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be… — Matthew Sweet Copy Share Image
Unlike some of my peers, I haven't really hit a writer's block. When I hit a block I just paint, which is… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
I'm treating country music like it's a sport. I'm looking at where my competition is and realized I needed to work on… — Kip Moore Copy Share Image
To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm… — Scott Ian Copy Share Image
Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound. — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
My brother and I are not rivals. We are shipmates and best friends and the greatest songwriting partnership in the world. — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't think about commercial concerns when I first come up with something. When I sit down at the piano, I try… — Lamont Dozier Copy Share Image
I love performing now, and that's due to how truly kind my audience is. They're all sensitive people too, and that has… — Gracie Abrams 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
A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
