Writing songs Quotes · Page 9

I always find that, when it comes to writing songs, if the melody and the chords are working, we're 90 per cent there.

— Craig David

So what comes naturally to me is writing lyrics and writing songs and telling stories.

— Nina Nesbitt

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.

— Eric Church

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

I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.

— Kate Micucci

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs…

— Cheyenne Kimball

I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from…

— Johnny Flynn

I just want to get better at writing songs. That's pretty much the only end goal for me. I really hope I…

— CMAT

In my living room, I was always playing guitar and writing songs and singing them. My dad and I would always sing…

— Maya Hawke

I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not…

— Erykah Badu

I'm writing songs about New York. A lot of them carry the names of neighborhoods in Long Island. Maspeth, Montauk. I'm getting…

— Zach Condon

I was a Kimya fan for a long time, a Moldy Peaches fan, so I got to work on her 'Thunder Thighs'…

— Aesop Rock

I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something that I was going to try…

— Laura Mvula

I care about the records I make and I love writing songs and some songs are really dear to me and they…

— Joel Plaskett

My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences…

— Kate Voegele

At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I…

— James Iha

I didn't start writing songs, honestly, until I started making my album. I was always doing poetry, but I never thought I…

— Alessia Cara

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

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

That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists.

— Jamie Lynn Spears

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

I always played around with writing songs, but when you're spending a lot of time in bars, you have a lot of…

— Dave Gahan

When I was writing songs, I always thought I'd make more of a career out of the drawings, the comics even more…

— Daniel Johnston

But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the…

— Edie Brickell

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

— Jann Klose

I don't like making things too complicated when writing songs. I want to write in a very easy language that many people…

— Natalia Lafourcade

With anything I do, it's hard to categorize it. With any project, I just go in and blindly start writing songs and…

— Travie McCoy

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.

— Michael Kiwanuka

My boys asked me to write beautiful letters for their ex-girls so they could get them back. I thought, 'I should be…

— Maluma

I kind of like the idea of creating my own literature within my albums. I definitely thought about that when I started…

— Frankie Cosmos

[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17…

— George Michael

In this world of doubt, one thing is certain for me; that I will go on writing songs up to and -…

— Robyn Hitchcock

I started writing songs on my own and trying to push myself in that way, and then I stumbled into it being…

— Luke Hemmings

I've been writing songs all my life. My mom said I wrote my first song when I was two.

— Melora Hardin

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.

— Shakira

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

— Tom Conti

I love writing songs for other people, and it's an honor when someone records your songs.

— Ryan Hurd

The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano…

— El DeBarge

I'm a pretty deep guy. I'm not a tough guy at all. People think I give this persona that I'm thick-skinned, but…

— Thomas Grennan

I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music.

— Guru Randhawa