If you like someone's work, the important thing is to be exposed to everything that person has been exposed to. Anyone who… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
Songwriting is not particularly easy for me. I think it would be easy for me if I didn't have such high restrictions… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
As I've grown older I've been more influenced by more meandering styles of guitar playing, whether it's Celtic or Ethiopian folk music… — Ted Leo Copy Share Image
Wonderful songwriting, beautiful production, and deeply rooted in what makes American Roots Music great: Deep Southern Pain. It's the hurt that brings… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact… — Kate Voegele Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning, or the middle of the night when an idea comes through. My songwriting style, basically I… — Creed Bratton Copy Share Image
I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
“A tawdry realm of shifting, insecure employment and fleeting glimpses of high reward for little effort. A world where strings are pulled… — Kevin Armstrong Copy Share Image
What I have in mind when I start to write could fit inside an acorn-an acorn, moreover, that rarely if ever grows… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I think after doing Push and Shove and having it not be successful, I lost a lot of confidence. Songwriting, for me,… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
I find out a little more every single day about myself. And when it comes to my songwriting, I feel like it's… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
Maybe I feel like I'm writing songs that don't need to be saved or made more interesting by endless overdubs and studio… — Robin Guthrie Copy Share Image
The more people who come from musical backgrounds and go into promotion, production, songwriting, A&R, plus get their business head together, the… — Harvey Mason, Jr Copy Share Image
Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
How to avoid cliche at the root of conception? Practice sincerity. If we've come by ... material honestly, through our own personal… — Peter Selgin Copy Share Image
I'd trusted my fan base, I'd trusted the my gut, and I'd trusted the music. ...the real experts are out there in… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
I became very aware of what I was used to relying on, almost tricks. It's funny because I could feel myself creating… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
Traditionally, an engineer is responsible for capturing sound - microphone choice, gear, etc. A producer can have a number of different responsibilities… — Matt Squire Copy Share Image
I love my complexion, but like so many of us, in the early years at primary school, I grew up thinking that… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
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I have never been in a serious relationship and never had a break-up, so I can't tug on my heartstrings that way.… — Ella Henderson Copy Share Image
Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the… — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
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I miss working. It's real, you know? But I don't know anything but songwriting, and I don't even know that. I didn't… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
(Songwriting) It's a gift. It all comes from somewhere. I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems,… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Johnny Cash's face belongs on Mount Rushmore...I don't write as much as I did back when I was writing songs every day.… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
My third hire when I came to Spotify was Tiffany Kumar, who came on as our global head of songwriter relations. The… — Troy Carter Copy Share Image
It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable...Make up new… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and… — Jack White Copy Share Image
![“Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to be-though I'd never be a choreographer-some things might ought to be a dance [laughs]. I've found that exploring an idea in different ways, it gives you different opportunities.” quote by Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/andy-wilkinson-41009_choreographers_some-things-need-to-be-a-song-some-thing_2684398.jpg)
![“Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I agree with Jim [Lauderdale] in that I think the really good ones are songs that when you hear it [sic]...there's just something about it that touches your heart, and you don't know why.” quote by Jorma Kaukonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/jorma-kaukonen-31193_agree_some-hit-songs-are-really-stupid-and-who_1229753.jpg)
