Writing songs about it is a really useful way for me to love New York more, and stay observing it, and not… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
I started writing songs in high school and always wanted to have a band, and eventually my creative endeavors developed into Theocracy.… — Matt Smith Copy Share Image
I'm constantly writing songs to show people that it's okay to be a work in progress. — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
Our music was, like, Doors-y, but trying to be classical. We all took music classes and tried writing songs, and when we… — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head,… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
The first song I wrote and had published was titled "Just As Long As That Someone Is You". It was written in… — Mickey Newbury Copy Share Image
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about stuff that's happened, but I don't want to be someone who's only writing… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
In the mid-1980s to the early 1990s I was writing songs not because I particularly liked what I was doing, but because… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
There aren't any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So you're just… — Guy Clark Copy Share Image
Sustaining a narrative in sentences and paragraphs is very different from songwriting. But the dedication to the craft and just the endurance… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started… — Frankie Cosmos Copy Share Image
When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there. — Becky G Copy Share Image
I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to… — Randy Owen Copy Share Image
I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my… — Gabrielle Aplin Copy Share Image
I do not like people writing songs and then other people singing them. A lot of people don't even sing their own… — Afrojack Copy Share Image
When I think about that first DeBarge album, I remember being so green... just pristine. Nothing mattered to me but writing songs.… — El DeBarge Copy Share Image
On what inspires her when writing songs: I think everything does. I could be walking in the mall or walking outside. I… — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
I think the more emotional you are, the better. I'm sort of writing [songs] as I go and I can never tell… — Miranda Lambert Copy Share Image
