I don't have the same restrictions that other people do because I never painted myself into a corner. I've always done things… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
Writing a song isn't that hard. Writing a good song is difficult. Let's face it, we're faced with taking a complex feeling… — Ann Reed Copy Share Image
I mean, just like every other prominent songwriter or producer, you have the shot. You send in records and if they make… — Bryce Wilson Copy Share Image
When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and… — Finn Andrews Copy Share Image
For my whole career, I've been a singer-slash-songwriter, even though I'm very thankfully known for my voice. Songwriting has always been a… — Jennifer Nettles Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
I get told I'm a confessional songwriter, which gets on my tits because I think of negative connotations attached to the word… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I didn't even know the industry of songwriting existed. I thought everybody sang songs and they were only singing the songs that… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
What excites me about a lot of the artists I love - and I realize, well, they created their own personal world… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I think when you go into a room and you're fresh in the songwriting, producing world or going into sessions, no idea… — G Flip Copy Share Image
My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make… — James Bay Copy Share Image
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
If I'm writing... even a piece of a song... I write it down. If it still resonates six months down the line,… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song…… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you… — Laura Nyro Copy Share Image
When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their… — Steve Aoki Copy Share Image
I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken… — Alison Krauss Copy Share Image
I think music moves me more than other people. I can hear a song and it can bring me to tears. It… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
I'm finding that writing poetry is strengthening my songwriting, because you're learning to make a piece of writing work on a page… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
I love when rappers have a off-beat, very abstract timing, and he certainly did.And any rapper who really approaches rapping with the… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
That's another way of writing a song, of course. Just talking to somebody that ain't there. That's the best way. That's the… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write,… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
In terms of songwriting I think it might be a circular thing. I tend to go back and forth between quieter melancholy… — Thalia Zedek Copy Share Image
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I would like the ambition to go directly into songwriting; individual songs. I want to see what I can do to push… — Radical Face Copy Share Image
Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are… — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
The way that I write is very instinctual and based off raw feeling--I'm a very emotional person and I think that comes… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I was teaching myself notes from three and then by seven I'd figured out how to play some chords, and at school… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make… — Merle Haggard Copy Share Image
If you're in it because you love it and you have to do it, that's the right reason. If you're in it… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music,… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
I write about what I know and what I've experienced. That's the only way it can be real to me. I love… — Aaron Tippin Copy Share Image
Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When… — Michael Bacon Copy Share Image
Politics is a part of life and art is about life. It doesn't mean that all the art has to be about… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
![“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of…” quote by Finn Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/finn-andrews-55992_andrew_when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-make-films_240740.jpg)
![“When I write, I never know the endings. What I think works in [my] stories is the fact that when I write, I really want to find out what is going on-I'm writing for myself as a reader. It's like when you dream a dream. I want to know what's behind the door. If I navigate, it's from a place that's…” quote by Etgar Keret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/etgar-keret-2656_behinds_when-i-write-i-never-know-the-endings-wh_1886521.png)
