“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Besides writing music and surfing, I like to simply chill with my friends. Watching movies and going out to eat are often… — James Maslow Copy Share Image
I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter,… — Lari White Copy Share Image
I wasn't writing the music. Ed would write a piece of music. I'd listen to it and come up with a melody… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
My playing music is strictly for fun. When I was in a band, I was really excited to talk about it since… — Anton Yelchin Copy Share Image
I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes. You do get writer's block when you're writing music, and having inspiration from… — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
What keeps me motivated to create new music is the joy of songwriting. The joy of being creative. The joy of writing… — Nick Heyward Copy Share Image
I was in school for four years writing music to please my teachers. That was not music I liked. And when I… — Julia Holter 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
As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
Even when I was studying piano, I always preferred to play around with my own improvisations rather than do my studies. So… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
When I'm writing music, I'm not acting it out - it's all me. I feel that my responsibility is to be truthful… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can… — Adam Hicks Copy Share Image
Searching for music is like searching for God. They're very similar. There's an effort to reclaim the unmentionable, the unsayable, the unseeable,… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
One day, it hit me that music is my calling. I just started playing and writing music. How, I don't know. I… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country’s dazzling beauty. Our natural environment… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
Most of the time when I'm in Australia I'm not really working, it seems. I'm just at home, getting on with renovating… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
Will Arnett and I were never in the same room, but once I saw early animation we started writing music for that… — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation… — Nate Ruess Copy Share Image
I'm very flash and burn - the first thing that comes to mind is obviously the best idea, and that's because it… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
When I first started writing music, it was to express that. I was trying to find God and trying to find meaning… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I think it all comes from the same source, really, the writing of music, the writing of words, the playing of music.… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
I think it's more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It's difficult… — Alan Palomo Copy Share Image
I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
If I'm writing the music, and I don't feel like its really connecting inside, then I'll know there's no reason to really… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
I started writing songs for youth theater and stuff, and so it's really writing music for the stage that started me out,… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
I think it's harder when you get older and you start having children because you've got to get up in the morning… — Lorne Balfe Copy Share Image
If I had to make a choice between only writing about sports or only writing about music, I would probably write about… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I… — Banks Copy Share Image
When I'm not shooting, I love going on adventures with friends. I love zip-lining through rainforests and different natural habitats, and I… — Max Schneider Copy Share Image
There is a real formula to writing music, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. It's very formulaic. The subject matter that you can… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
I think there are a lot of similarities between writing and music. Music is much more direct and much more emotional and… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
Once I discovered how important writing music was to me and just what a huge weight it lifted off of me, I… — Banks Copy Share Image
Being on 'Nashville' and working with some incredible people like T-Bone Burnett and Buddy Miller - so many wonderful, incredible musicians that… — Jonathan Jackson Copy Share Image
Taylor Swift dates guys so she can write a breakup song about them. I don't think she's dating for love - I… — Patti Stanger 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 is the same as music. It’s in how you phrase it, how you hold back the note, bend it, shape it,… — Robert Creeley Copy Share Image
I've always had a really great time being in movies and writing music when I get home. The more creative I am,… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
