Songwriting is an emotional medium, and rock and roll is an emotional medium. — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
“... but I believe that music can change a life, because it changed mine.” — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Being inducted into the songwriting hall of fame by Clive Davis, that was pretty memorable. — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
Try writing...a list, a letter, a journal, a novel, a declaration. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's (Thompson) songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
At 18, I got a publishing deal, so I was like, 'I can do this for real and not go to college.'… — Meghan Trainor Copy Share Image
Songwriting has always been a means to an end for me. That end being a tool to try to understand myself in… — Ruston Kelly Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things… — Gin Wigmore Copy Share Image
I take in a lot of stuff from real life, movies, television, news and it all gets mixed in my head and… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about the empowerment and healing of girls and women. Where I do the most work in that regard is in… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work in my… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
I really like and singing, and songwriting and producing. It depends on the song and the mood and who I'm working with,… — Lalah Hathaway Copy Share Image
What songwriting does better than almost anything is empathy - it's incredibly empathetic. The reason people sat around in bars when they… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
You can be born into a musical family and have an ear for music but being technically gifted, be it playing an… — Barry Zito Copy Share Image
I love songs, and I love songwriting, and there's a standard of songwriting within Chicago blues in particular. I don't like the… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I've gone a year and not written a song just because I couldn't think of anything. But I always come back to… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
When I was around 13 or 14, I started getting really into songwriting. And one day, I was rooting through my mum's… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
Writin songs is like a mystery. The most difficult thing to do is have a good idea. If you have a decent… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I'm pretty critical, but I'm also pretty good at letting go once it's done. There's this existential argument that comes in, at… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
A few years back, even the most commercial pop could have some artistic value. Someone who liked underground music could appreciate Justin… — Jorge Elbrecht Copy Share Image
Apropos, is not the Scotch phrase 'Auld Lang Syne' exceedingly expressive? I shall give you the verses on the other sheet. The… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
