I've been writing songs since I was a kid. You just hope that you get better. — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Sometimes I hate writing songs. Because it hurts sometimes. I'm very emotional. — Bibi Bourelly Copy Share Image
In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I grew up writing songs and producing music, and I studied music production in college. — Maggie Rogers Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to the real stuff and the stuff that feels authentic. And so when I'm writing songs, that's what… — Aubrie Sellers Copy Share Image
I'm a songwriter, my love of music has never left me and I literally don't seem to be able to stop writing… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
I'm still writing songs but leaving them a lot more open and not trying to control every nuance of it. — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
It feels incredible to find the type of love I've been writing songs about all these years! — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
It's been an objective of mine since I started writing songs to include both intellect and energy. — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
After I left the Pumpkins, I went home and just sat around. I have a studio in my basement, and I found… — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
I've been getting interested in reimagining folk songs and writing songs that should have existed but didn't, particularly around the Civil War… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I never intended on singing. I didn't really consider myself a singer at all. I was… — Washed Out Copy Share Image
We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on… — Chad Smith Copy Share Image
I should be writing songs about happiness all day long, but a lot of my songs get inspired from that place of… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
I fell in love with the idea of writing songs when I was a child. I thought I was going to be… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
Personal relationships are usually my biggest inspirations for writing my songs. The best way for me to write a song is to… — Nadia Ali Copy Share Image
I think I always thought of the guitar as the vehicle to be able to make some musical idea up. The only… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
Now I'm not going to go, "Oh my God, what are people saying about me?" I had a choice to be a… — Carla Bruni Copy Share Image
I wrote an album about being in love. I don't think it's possible to write an album while you're in love -… — Gary Lightbody Copy Share Image
The visual side of being a performer or in a band is, to me, as important as the music. I know not… — Tamaryn Copy Share Image
God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. That’s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
My songs emerge unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own...We have, all of us, over the years, written… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
There are many people writing songs. That is absolutely wonderful. Who knows, there may be some kid in diapers and he or… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
I started writing songs so late and I had so many day jobs - jobs just to pay the bills. So, when… — Joshua Radin Copy Share Image