Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
I was always interested in science, and pre-med was arespectable thing to do while I ursued my songwriting. — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard… — Kazuo Ishiguro 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
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
It just seems like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so… — Moby Copy Share Image
Even though I do a lot of songwriting, there's always other great material out there that you have to be aware of. — James Ingram Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of vampire lore to be played with like 'You only come out at night' and stuff like… — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be… — Mark Knopfler Copy Share Image
I guess songwriting has become a little more difficult for me over the years or maybe I regard it in a different… — Justin Rutledge Copy Share Image
When it's raining you can't find enough things to catch it in. When it's not you can stand out in the middle… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if… — Cole Porter Copy Share Image
George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just… — Gary Wright Copy Share Image
Solitude. It is way underrated in our world of writing. We stay busy. We act busy. We thrive on busy. The truth… — Bonnie Baker Copy Share Image
Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared… — William Clark Green Copy Share Image
I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I love the Warrant songs. I wrote them from the heart, but I have a side to my songwriting that a lot… — Jani Lane Copy Share Image
That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way. — RaeLynn Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer when I was a little kid. Then I wanted to be Pete Townshend - the songwriting… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Anyone involved with songwriting will testify to the fact that each song, no matter how pure or from the heart, has its… — C. Sigman Copy Share Image
My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
Glen Campbell told me, 'Stay out of the way of a good song.' I think it's true. If a song's good, don't… — Chris Isaak Copy Share Image
If you try to create a type, you may end with nothing. If you do a good job of creating an individual,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially. — Alex Kapranos Copy Share Image
Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I think most of the work of songwriting is thinking of great phrases - I'm addicted, always on the hunt for a… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen. His songwriting skills, I cannot even approach, but his showmanship, I… — Psy Copy Share Image
I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I… — Axl Rose Copy Share Image
It's hard not to go back and look at my songwriting catalog and go, 'Look, there are 600 to 700 songs here.' — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
Songwriting never feels like it's me doing anything consciously except for becoming aware somehow that it's time to let something out, or… — Scout Niblett Copy Share Image
The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I… — Sia Copy Share Image
I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
I love that element of songwriting. I think it's so important to be open and honest, that's always how I've been in… — Lola Young Copy Share Image
My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I'm not just sending beats in. I'm mixing the song. I'm recording the song. I'm engineering… — Kenny Beats Copy Share Image
I like using concrete imagery, but I don't feel that's what it's about. It's a combination of concrete and abstract to take… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
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