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title: "3 Started Wrote Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Started Wrote quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Started Wrote sayings and thoughts."
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> [When I started that's how I wrote because I didn't know any better. I was just like "I want to make music."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikky-ekko/when-i-started-that-s-how-i-wrote-because-i-didn-t-know-any-better-i/)

[Mikky Ekko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikky-ekko/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/mikky-ekko-43943_certain_when-i-started-that-s-how-i-wrote-becaus_974846.jpg)

> [When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aloe-blacc/when-i-started-out-i-wrote-the-songs-recorded-the-songs-mastered/)

[Aloe Blacc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aloe-blacc/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/aloe-blacc-23268_artwork_when-i-started-out-i-wrote-the-songs-rec_1157609.png)

> [When I first started, I wrote some songs with Linda Perry. She's so instrumental in a lot of artist's lives, listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-lewis/when-i-first-started-i-wrote-some-songs-with-linda-perry-she-s-so/)

[Juliette Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliette-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/juliette-lewis-2857_artist_when-i-first-started-i-wrote-some-songs_1447371.jpg)

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