It scares me that people are going to stop writing music. I don't mean music that has to be physically written down,… — Glenn Branca Copy Share Image
Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Writing music is always really helpful for me. It always reveals to me how I am feeling. — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
In the end, our way of writing music is a long process of experimentation. We enjoy the luxury of taking this very… — Justin Chancellor Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I'm writing music for gay people. I'm a gay man who is writing music about one tiny little… — John Grant Copy Share Image
For me, writing music is a way of processing the world. It's not a concrete thing, as in, "This piece is about… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
You know how you have that one thing you would do even if you're not getting paid to do it? That's what… — Kandi Burruss Copy Share Image
My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever.… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
In some ways, writing music is an art because so much of it is instinctive and sort of below consciousness, and lyric… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Life batters and shapes us in all sorts of ways before it's done, but those original selves which we were born with,… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I want to travel around the country and make my living playing music. I also try to behave in a way that… — Buzz Osborne Copy Share Image
I performed in high school for Black History Month at a talent show, but besides that I didn't have the resources to… — Saweetie Copy Share Image
I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I was so wrapped up in the whole R&B, soul-pop world, that was all I listened to when I first started writing… — Ruel Copy Share Image
I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I think that, within a week of getting my… — Robby Benson Copy Share Image
I wish I had time to do more reading, but I just haven't had much time. But I still find time for… — Youth Lagoon Copy Share Image
I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself. — Thomston Copy Share Image
When I am writing music, I sometimes envision a video playing alongside. — Jorja Smith Copy Share Image
I've outdone anyone you can name - Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500. — James Brown Copy Share Image
Writing music and lyrics that mean something personal to me. It's an exciting, intense, cathartic, this-is-who-I-am experience. — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
When writing music for the 'Kaddish,' I evoked the prayers that were sung in Eastern Galicia, Ukraine and Romania. I was advised… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance. — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found… — Marvin Hamlisch Copy Share Image
