I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. — Elliott Smith 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 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 don't think about commercial concerns when I first come up with something. When I sit down at the piano, I try… — Lamont Dozier Copy Share Image
I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Actually, my first group was a folkloric group, an Argentine folkloric group when I was 10. By the time I was 11… — Gustavo Santaolalla Copy Share Image
To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was a kid. You just hope that you get better. — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
I don't end up writing songs in my journals, but I'm sure that my ability to write songs has been helped by… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 10-years old I was at that proverbial fork in the road and I was acting as much… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Lynyrd Skynyrd has always been about writing songs and talking to people through them. That's what we do, and that's what we'll… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
I tended not to be concerned about whether a song was going to be a hit when I wrote it. Because it… — Hal David Copy Share Image
I'm not just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they're super-relatable. — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs. — Billy Sherwood Copy Share Image
I always loved writing songs - writing for myself and demo-ing songs, really with no intention of ever letting anyone else hear… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
I don't know if it was related to the type of music that we were doing at that time or what, but… — David Pajo Copy Share Image
I wish it was clear for me how it happened [stop writing songs], then maybe I could start writing again. But it's… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
I was just writing songs in my spare time, and recording because it's fun to do, and Sub Pop called me and… — Samuel Ervin Beam 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
I had kids at age 47, and very late in life, and I'd been doing it for 30 straight years, writing songs,… — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record. — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I remember those days right after I graduated from college. All I had to do was wake up in the morning and… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
After Silk Route disbanded I came on my own, and through the years, I have sung a few film songs while writing… — Mohit Chauhan Copy Share Image