I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it. — Jake Shears Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love. — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be… — Matt Nathanson Copy Share Image
I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two songs I just continued… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I just want to get better at writing songs. That's pretty much the only end goal for me. I really hope I… — CMAT Copy Share Image
That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists. — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record. — Eric Church 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
It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs. — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
I think it's so important to write from an honest place, because if I don't do that, I'll just end up writing… — Griff Copy Share Image
I have this theory about us. When we started writing our own songs, we were 17 years old. When you're 17, you… — Angus Young Copy Share Image
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs,… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
I was this little kid writing songs. I look back at having that dream, and it's weird. Being able to do it… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
In my off-time, I do record. Once in a while, I'll just go into the studio if there's a really good song… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
Singing didn't really come naturally to me, I don't think. I had to really work at it. I just kept singing. I… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be… — Steve Forbert Copy Share Image
I was really kind of miserable with myself personally and all of the things that you can be creatively, until someone said… — Sarah Jaffe Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now… — Billy Joel 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
And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to write. I… — Priscilla Ahn Copy Share Image
I was a cover artist for years. I didn't start writing songs until I was in my mid-twenties. I wrote them with… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
I released that I could crank out a song if I practiced it a lot. If I am in the practice of… — Ari Hest Copy Share Image
The only reason I do anything is that I just love writing songs. If I write songs, I feel good about it… — Ryan Jarman Copy Share Image
I've always been a singer-songwriter - it started off with me and the guitar, just writing songs, they were very simple. When… — Zella Day Copy Share Image
I didn't really gig my way in. I was just in my bedroom writing songs for so long. — Dean Lewis Copy Share Image
Writing songs is a solo activity, so, if I put my mind to it, I can do it. — Joe Hisaishi Copy Share Image
