--- title: "12 Written Music Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Written Music quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Written Music sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/cillian-murphy-4370_guitar_i-ve-written-my-own-music-and-i-play-gui_236116.jpg" --- > [I've written my own music, and I play guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cillian-murphy/i-ve-written-my-own-music-and-i-play-guitar/) [Cillian Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cillian-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/cillian-murphy-4370_guitar_i-ve-written-my-own-music-and-i-play-gui_236116.jpg) > [Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-burwell/performing-written-music-even-when-i-ve-written-it-is-not-very/) [Carter Burwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-burwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/carter-burwell-15278_even_performing-written-music-even-when-i-ve_1931255.png) > [Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-sheeran/country-music-is-some-of-the-best-written-music-in-the-world-so-yeah/) [Ed Sheeran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-sheeran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/ed-sheeran-2162_country_country-music-is-some-of-the-best-writte_656949.jpg) > [“In trying to capture the beautiful mystery, this monk had invented written music. Not yet notes, what he’d written became known as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-penny/in-trying-to-capture-the-beautiful-mystery-this-monk-had-invented/) [Louise Penny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-penny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/louise-penny-1059_monk_in-trying-to-capture-the-beautiful-myste_1056908.png) > [I've always loved music. I've worked on music and written music, but, it wasn't until I was actually on the road full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickie-james/i-ve-always-loved-music-i-ve-worked-on-music-and-written-music-but-it/) [Mickie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickie-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/mickie-james-4680_loved_i-ve-always-loved-music-i-ve-worked-on-m_948032.jpg) > [I've always written - about music, art, things going on around the world. The danger is that it becomes too personal. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/i-ve-always-written-about-music-art-things-going-on-around-the-world/) [Stephen Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/stephen-hough-6372_around-the-world_i-ve-always-written-about-music-art-thin_2832749.jpg) > [My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schumann/my-symphonies-would-have-reached-opus-100-if-i-had-but-written-them/) [Robert Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-schumann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/robert-schumann-11519_find_my-symphonies-would-have-reached-opus-10_3002117.jpg) > [The New Kids took some hits for, you know, not writing their own music. But on a songwriting standpoint, I mean, I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joey-mcintyre/the-new-kids-took-some-hits-for-you-know-not-writing-their-own-music/) [Joey McIntyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joey-mcintyre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/joey-mcintyre-28818_baby_the-new-kids-took-some-hits-for-you-know_389863.png) > [I have been making music since I was a kid. I have written music since I was, like, seven or eight. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyner-lucas/i-have-been-making-music-since-i-was-a-kid-i-have-written-music-since/) [Joyner Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyner-lucas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/joyner-lucas-24139_eight_i-have-been-making-music-since-i-was-a-k_401702.jpg) > [“There is much more to playing the clavier than playing written music. Do you realize with accompanying there is often nothing written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-moser/there-is-much-more-to-playing-the-clavier-than-playing-written-music/) [Nancy Moser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-moser/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/nancy-moser-17458_bach_there-is-much-more-to-playing-the-clavie_1839489.jpg) > [When I went to school, it was really just to immerse myself in listening to, studying, and making music. I came out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-deacon/when-i-went-to-school-it-was-really-just-to-immerse-myself-in-2/) [Dan Deacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-deacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/dan-deacon-17097_house_when-i-went-to-school-it-was-really-just_1234596.jpg) > [I have never written the music that was in my heart to write; perhaps I never shall with this brain and these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/i-have-never-written-the-music-that-was-in-my-heart-to-write-perhaps/) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ee/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-4369_borders_i-have-never-written-the-music-that-was_2286795.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/written-music/#itemlist", "name": "Written Music Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've written my own music, and I play guitar.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cillian Murphy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cillian-murphy/i-ve-written-my-own-music-and-i-play-guitar/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/cillian-murphy-4370_guitar_i-ve-written-my-own-music-and-i-play-gui_236116.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/cillian-murphy-4370_guitar_i-ve-written-my-own-music-and-i-play-gui_236116.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/cillian-murphy-4370_guitar_i-ve-written-my-own-music-and-i-play-gui_236116.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've written my own music, and I play guitar.” — Cillian Murphy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carter Burwell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-burwell/performing-written-music-even-when-i-ve-written-it-is-not-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/carter-burwell-15278_even_performing-written-music-even-when-i-ve_1931255.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/carter-burwell-15278_even_performing-written-music-even-when-i-ve_1931255.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/carter-burwell-15278_even_performing-written-music-even-when-i-ve_1931255.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Performing written music, even when I've written it, is not very interesting to me.” — Carter Burwell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ed Sheeran" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-sheeran/country-music-is-some-of-the-best-written-music-in-the-world-so-yeah/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/ed-sheeran-2162_country_country-music-is-some-of-the-best-writte_656949.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/ed-sheeran-2162_country_country-music-is-some-of-the-best-writte_656949.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/ed-sheeran-2162_country_country-music-is-some-of-the-best-writte_656949.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to…” — Ed Sheeran", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In trying to capture the beautiful mystery, this monk had invented written music. 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