I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about. — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
When I learning to write songs, I never really was interested in the chorus. — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
You can't get a better education in what it is to write songs until you listen to American soul music. — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself. — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
When you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's… — Paloma Faith Copy Share Image
I had given up on being beautiful. But I thought I could kind of inspire boys to write songs about me. So… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I don't have to forsake my career as a musician. I know how to write songs - that's not going to leave… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people. — Chely Wright Copy Share Image
If I couldn't sing tomorrow, I'd still write songs cos I'm passionate about that. — Craig David Copy Share Image
I feel like I write songs for the future or something. Not in an arrogant way, but I feel like maybe my… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
When you write songs, you gotta be like a receiving station: you gotta be aware of what's going on around you. I… — Tony Joe White Copy Share Image
I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I used to literally come home from school and write three songs a day at my desk, about nothing that was going… — Maisie Peters Copy Share Image
At 16 I was living in the Congo, and, you know, it's your teenage time. I really wanted to find a way… — Jain Copy Share Image
Not to be a bummer, but heartbreak is great for inspiration - we all know that - and it's really hard to… — MO Copy Share Image
I never write a tune before the lyrics. I get the lyrics and then I write around them. Some people write music… — James Dean Bradfield Copy Share Image
Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't… — Juliana Hatfield 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
The one good thing about a movie and music and stuff like that: Sometimes it's a counterpoint between the movie and the… — Patrick Watson Copy Share Image
The only piece of advice I've ever given anybody is learn to write songs and write as many songs as you can.… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
I used to write songs that mimicked other songs that I would hear as a kid, cos I was 12 years old… — Justin Nozuka Copy Share Image
People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
![“I used to write songs that mimicked other songs that I would hear as a kid, cos I was 12 years old when I was writing those, right. And you hear a radio so all I'd write about was [sings] "hey girl, look at you", you know what I mean. I think that even doing that made it easier for me to write…” quote by Justin Nozuka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/justin-nozuka-16476_easier_i-used-to-write-songs-that-mimicked-othe_208071.jpg)
