I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
With the release of her fourth album, 'Red,' in 2012 and a handful of highly publicized romances, Taylor was criticized by the… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
When I first started making music, I was pretty drawn to hip-hop beats wrapped together with super-good lyrics. The most important thing… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
I grew up with my little brother, and we were raised by my grandmother. I was an insider for real. I stayed… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
I was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was… — John Prine Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I looked around at the bands that were making it, and they all had the original… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is… — El-P 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
I was always a wannabe 'singer-songwriter' but nothing was happening. I was trying for albums. I was too afraid to quit my… — Anupam Roy Copy Share Image
I wouldn't start writing songs like 'Name' all the time just because I thought that's what people wanted to hear. I'll write… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By… — Meghan Trainor 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 grew up with my little brother, and we were raised by my grandmother. I was an insider for real. I stayed… — Bryson Tiller Copy Share Image
I just love writing songs and singing them. People seem to enjoy them, and that's all you can really ask for. I… — Luke Combs Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I started writing songs for youth theater and stuff, and so it's really writing music for the stage that started me out,… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times… — Jack Johnson Copy Share Image
You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere… — Wayne Kramer 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
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
In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to.… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
My general approach to making art making hasn't changed much since I was 20, poor, and writing songs in my bedroom wanting… — Dave Malloy Copy Share Image
I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories and… — Jim Cole Copy Share Image
I started writing songs when I was real young, when I was 3 years old. The piano spoke to me - I… — Ian Axel Copy Share Image
I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today...Al Stanton walked in one day and said, 'Otis, I've got an idea.… — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
Sometimes, writing songs is like waiting in for deliveries. They give you a window, and your washing machine is going to show… — Alex Turner Copy Share Image
There's always gonna be guys who are just wonderful singers and probably shouldn't be writing songs. Then there's always gonna be guys… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
That's how it all started, when I met my wife. My music career, even though I started when I was 16, it… — Donavon Frankenreiter Copy Share Image
I remember people would talk about Country Music like it was this sexist, lame thing. Well, no, because Dolly Parton is writing… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although)… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
When I began writing songs, there was a pretty direct line between what was happening in my life and what I wrote… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Although I was writing songs when I was younger, I didn't feel I had much of a clue as to what I… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
I put my energy into writing songs. I have to carve out a living somehow doing this, and licensing is one way.… — Iron & Wine Copy Share Image
I feel like, if you're writing the same songs you were writing when you were 17 in your 30s, something's wrong. As… — Benji Madden Copy Share Image
When I first started writing songs, I was almost quite embarrassed that I couldn't read music and I still to this day… — Freya Ridings Copy Share Image
Like all teenagers in the early '60s, I put down my hockey stick when the Beatles got big and picked up a… — Rick Moranis Copy Share Image
My expectations for myself were never high. I had a very unusual way of writing songs and of thinking about music. I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
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