Writing songs Quotes · Page 8

My favourite thing in the world, apart from my wife and kids, is writing songs. Ever since I was a kid.

— Richard Hawley

I went to this boy's choir school when I was growing up, and I think that the first time that I consciously…

— St. Lucia

I'm not done writing songs about you yet.

— Maggie Stiefvater

I think from a major-label perspective, if you were on the flip side of things and that's the world you were used…

— Beth Ditto

A few years ago, when I was writing songs for my first album, I was staying with Michael Feinstein as I often…

— Cheyenne Jackson

By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own…

— Mary Gauthier

It's writing songs within the structure of telling a story, so it becomes a platform for diverse songwriting, for a writing process…

— Alan Menken

With the release of her fourth album, 'Red,' in 2012 and a handful of highly publicized romances, Taylor was criticized by the…

— Tavi Gevinson

I like writing songs. I like the camaraderie of it and I like touring. I love playing bass. And then there's free…

— Keanu Reeves

We've had musical stuff in the show [South Park] forever. That's mostly because Trey's a big musical fan, and he's a great…

— Matt Stone

Something that really helps when it comes to writing songs is you start to notice how children learn and how we all…

— Jason Isbell

I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken…

— Nikka Costa

I started writing songs at age 15.

— Vince Clarke

I was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was…

— John Prine

My brother says that I was writing songs about fate while he was off playing soccer. Now I tell him he's 33…

— Alanis Morissette

My first significant break was when I was 15, going on 16, and my cousin Courtney 'Bear' Sills told me you can…

— Poo Bear

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.

— Jens Lekman

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.

— Max Schneider

In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.

— Bob Dylan

Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's about making records but it's also about taking…

— James Young

I started writing songs before I could talk - at three or four. It was in me, and I had to get…

— Bibi Bourelly

I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing…

— Bonnie McKee

I had been writing songs for awhile - since I was 14 - and playing guitar, but I never really knew how…

— Melanie Martinez

I fell in love with the idea of writing songs when I was a child. I thought I was going to be…

— Leslie Bricusse