Songwriting Quotes · Page 7

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

— Bryan Adams

The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.

— Bin Ramke

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

— Brenda Russell

I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.

— Amos Lee

I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?

— Billy Joel

Songwriting is my true passion and that's what the BMI awards are all about.

— Kevin Rudolf

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

— Beth Nielsen Chapman

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

I sit down with a guitar player and if there's a situation I feel strongly about, or a guy that I've been…

— Avril Lavigne

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate…

— Carrie Brownstein

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

— Jane Wiedlin

Out of my entire annual output of songs, perhaps two, or at the most three, came as a result of inspiration. We…

— George Gershwin

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an…

— Meghan Trainor

Both with songwriting and playing a role, you're delivering the truth of something in a moment. In a lot of ways, it's…

— Alison Sudol

I think Gram did his best work in co-writes. Sometimes when you're working with one other person, it's such a magical thing.…

— Chris Hillman

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in…

— Neil Diamond

I stand firm behind the belief that, for me, songwriting isn't something that I do or command, it happens to me. I…

— Brandi Carlile

I write one step at a time, always finishing off the part I'm working on before even thinking about the next part.…

— Zach Condon

When you're home or you're working, your mind just isn't allowed to just roll on like it does when you're watching the…

— Pegi Young

I used to daydream in class about what it'd be like to be a singer. It's what I wanted to be ever…

— Daya

Asked if he knew how important Stardust would be, Mitchell Parish said he did have a gut feeling that this was a…

— Paul Zollo

Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention…

— Melissa Manchester

I am not one of those writers that just does songwriting one way. Personally, I think the best song will pop out…

— Crosby Loggins

I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything…

— Jeff Tweedy

Here's some free advice; like the folkies of yore, you need to be not just a writer of songs, you need to…

— Michael Kosser

We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the…

— Andy Wilkinson

But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the…

— Warren Zevon

I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem…

— Rivers Cuomo

I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from…

— Stevie Wonder

We had some ups and downs, creatively, as the season went on, which is true of any show. If you compound that…

— Robert Greenblatt

It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song,…

— Stevie Nicks

“... because one day, maybe one day, if I learned how to write clear enough, sing loud enough, be strong enough, I…

— Charlotte Eriksson

No one can attack you when you're songwriting; it's you and a song, which is a great place to be.

— Gin Wigmore

I felt I never needed to fight for a more prominent songwriting and increased vocal role with the Cars.

— Benjamin Orr

Say a thing well and it will be remembered-and so too will you.

— Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way.

— Lady Gaga

Those in power write the history while those who suffer write the songs.

— Frank Harte

Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing.

— Margaret Atwood

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.

— Ester Dean

This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.

— Eddie Vedder