I still only play by ear. I don't have any training. But the piano actually makes more sense to me than guitar,… — Amber Rubarth Copy Share Image
I'm writing songs that connect to millions of people. And that happens for a reason. I don't really worry too much about… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
Gimmicks? I don't have one. I'm not good-looking. Not skinny. Not anything. I just like writing songs. — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. — Tracy Chapman 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
I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself. — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I… — Colbie Caillat Copy Share Image
I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences. — K. Flay Copy Share Image
Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
I had been writing songs from the age of 7 or 8 years old, and they were so bad. But it was… — Raye Copy Share Image
I feel like when I'm on stage, when I'm writing songs, singing songs, I'm in the studio, I'm shooting videos, I kind… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
I like to write pop songs and the stuff I write is fairly poppy, so I thought maybe my lot in life… — Aaron Bruno Copy Share Image
You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do… — Otis Redding Copy Share Image
[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Actually, I never tell for whom my songs are written. It's a kind of superstition! I started writing songs for not having… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was, like, five and I've been singing since, like, I can't remember. — Taylor Momsen Copy Share Image
I think I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always… — John Congleton Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's really quick, and sometimes it's really long. There's no formula for writing songs. — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Breaking up monotony is key to life and it doesn't matter whether I'm stacking shelves or writing songs, if I was doing… — Doc Brown Copy Share Image
I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music. — Guru Randhawa Copy Share Image
I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
My earlier days were all about playing, writing songs and producing songs. In the early 90's my former wife, Marylata Elton, got… — Danny Jacob Copy Share Image