I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes. — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
I love, love, love songwriting. It's like the most therapeutic thing in the world. — Troye Sivan Copy Share Image
I have always written poetry but I have never applied it to songwriting. — Janine Turner Copy Share Image
Songwriting was a gift that came to me when I needed it the most. — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
Musicians always have music in their heads about their perceptions of the world. — Pattie Boyd Copy Share Image
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve. — Beck Copy Share Image
The last thinkg I want to do is spend the rest of my life pretending to be 17 or 27. Now it's… — Tristen Gaspadarek 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
Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to… — Nanci Griffith Copy Share Image
I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
You're just like, "I like doing this - it's something I have a lot of passion for." You happen to do it,… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to write bad songs and then start over and re-evaluate. Songs are like plants, in that you grow them.… — Corey Harris Copy Share Image
Metaphors are not user-friendly. They're difficult to find and difficult to use well. Unfortunately, metaphors are a mainstay of good lyric writing-indeed… — Pat Pattison Copy Share Image
Most songwriting like poetry takes a careful selection of words. Sometimes you're just channeling something and a selection of words come out… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
I do believe we should push each other to write better songs and make better music. We do ourselves a disservice if… — Bonnie Baker Copy Share Image
What comes first? The melody, always. It's all about singing the melodies live in my head. They go in circles. I guess… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Songwriting was always my passion, it just came out in the form of rap. When I listen back to my old mixtapes,… — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
I can't write from the subconscious actually, because a lot of the time when I co-write with other people, I'm writing for… — Gary Louris 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
I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein… — Ketch Secor Copy Share Image
I feel fortunate that I've had a lot of songs recorded by other people, because I take my songwriting very seriously. It's… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I noticed with older songs that I perform that I'm coming from a different place with them now...it mutates the vibe and… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Every sentence has its drumbeat. rhythm is one of the most powerful dimensions of language: it separates tribes, united families, soothes children,… — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Copy Share Image
Songwriting is telling short stories. But instead of 15 to 20 pages, it's three to five minutes. — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
It won't be long before we'll be writing together again. I just hope they have a decent piano up there. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to find myself little holes where I can do some songwriting. — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
The 'Sodajerker' podcast is the work of Liverpool songwriting duo Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor. — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
That's the essence of songcraft: making something everyone can understand yet it still sounds new. — Tristen Gaspadarek Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything. — Jens Lekman Copy Share Image
At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me. — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression. — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
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