Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock — Nick Mason Copy Share Image
Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I think you can't really beat Bob Marley, especially the stuff he was doing with Lee Perry. Just that kind of clubby… — Diplo Copy Share Image
We're always writing music no matter what. And we're not always acting - we have months off. But we never take a… — Alex Wolff Copy Share Image
“I hereby grant you permission to write crap. The more the better. Remember, crap makes the best fertilizer.” — Pat Pattison Copy Share Image
The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the… — Carole King Copy Share Image
Songwriters might write cynical, world-wise lyrics and constantly talk about money, but most of us are downright naive when it comes to… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
When I began writing, it was a cosmic thing: Inspiration! Wham! Short spurts of time when I felt out of touch with… — Ann Reed Copy Share Image
I don't think I ever saw Hank with anybody, say, 'Let's go write a song.' One Sunday morning we left Nashville to… — Don Helms Copy Share Image
My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The "Kumulipo" is an old Hawaiian prayer chant that poetically describes the creation of the world. The word literally means "beginning-in-deep-darkness." Here… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
I get to play with pop music and mix up the style. It's fun to play with party music and nice to… — Nomi Ruiz Copy Share Image
Tom [Collins] was a great influence on me. He really pushed me...constantly demanded rewrites. And, as much as I despised them, it… — Dean Dillon Copy Share Image
Whether your characters journey daily to a distant moon or just down the street to the corner bar, what matters to the… — Peter Selgin Copy Share Image
Miranda Lambert is actually mixing the singer-songwriter philosophy with the commercial country [mindset]. And I find it just inspiring. My hat's off… — Allison Moorer Copy Share Image
I've been in the songwriting circuit as well. I've been in a couple writing camps where there are seven top writers or… — Lzzy Hale Copy Share Image
You don't think it was because a white man wrote it, a black man wrote it, a green man wrote it. What-doesn't… — Cab Calloway Copy Share Image
People talk about songwriting or comedy as creative expression, but life is creative expression. Table-making, even nursing, is extraordinarily creative. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas. — Gary Kemp Copy Share Image
As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations. — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
Growing up, I became a huge fan of Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins. That's where I really started developing my songwriting… — Lara Fabian 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
I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting. — Adam Kluger Copy Share Image
I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone… — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
Songwriting is the way of perpetual want. Songwriters are the blessed/cursed people. You will never have a moment's peace in your life.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
For me, it's good to have those dissimilar modes of songwriting sit side-by-side on a record, because they yield such different results. — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do… — Shakira Copy Share Image
When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
Artists are not going to put somebody new in the president's chair. It's all worth the effort; it all needs to be… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
We would turn everything into songs in those days...A lot of people think "Alice's Restaurant" was an anti-war song. It's not. — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
The Zombies were really unique - they had elements of jazz and classical music in their songs and songwriting. They had a… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I've been writing a lot about my encounter with love. Which is the white stag as far as songwriting is concerned because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All of my songwriting success happened within a four month time span, and my record label deal happened within the next three… — Bibi Bourelly 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
There are going to be moments of deep, deep doubts, and you have to have faith that your initial idea was good… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
It was actually working with Kendrick Lamar that pushed me further into the act of songwriting, specifically. — Thundercat Copy Share Image
The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
![“Tom [Collins] was a great influence on me. He really pushed me...constantly demanded rewrites. And, as much as I despised them, it was the best thing that could have happened because he just wouldn't settle for less. It had to be right, and it had to be good.” quote by Dean Dillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/dean-dillon-231777_be-good_tom-collins-was-a-great-influence-on-me_1056405.png)
![“Miranda Lambert is actually mixing the singer-songwriter philosophy with the commercial country [mindset]. And I find it just inspiring. My hat's off completely, because she's pulling it off, and I couldn't figure out a way to do it.” quote by Allison Moorer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/allison-moorer-99513_country_miranda-lambert-is-actually-mixing-the-s_2973701.jpg)
