I started out writing music for theatre and contemporary dance, so there has always been a dramatic and narrative element in my… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition. — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
I love writing music for film and TV, but putting it into a video game is twice as fun because it needs… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
When I'm writing music, I'm not playing a character. I'm not Alice Cooper or Gene Simmons or someone like that, who has… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I've had the idea since high school, of writing music just for voices, just a choir. I don't know if I'll ever… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
We've always believed in investing in ourselves, so we work incredibly hard to ensure that our 'portfolio' and worth is connected to… — Russell Mael Copy Share Image
Words that in their everyday surrealism have no parallel in contemporary writing... Music that mines the deep veins of fatalism in the… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I really like writing music. That's kind of like my little hobby. I like that because sometimes you don't really have any… — Amelia Warner Copy Share Image
I am always writing music. I have got unlimited ideas because I have been clean and sober for my entire life. — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
Writing music - particularly music without lyrics - calls almost exclusively on the subconscious. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
I've been painting and drawing and taking pictures as long as I've been writing music - and I've actually been drawing longer… — Brandon Boyd Copy Share Image
I couldn't wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn't actually know what I wanted to do with… — Mitski Copy Share Image
Writing music is very, very clinical. You just sit down at a piano, map out a theme and when all the technicalities… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
My mother at a young age put me in bilingual, so my strength is really more in Spanish. Even though I live… — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school.… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene. — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
It was a natural thing for me to go become a musician, and then to start writing music. I don't even really… — Geoff Zanelli Copy Share Image
Being a full-time musician back before I had my son, it was sort of too much 'me' all the time. I felt… — Domino Kirke Copy Share Image
