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title: "30 Wrote Music Quotes by 27 authors"
description: "Browse 30 Wrote Music quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Wrote Music sayings and thoughts."
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> [Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagner/richard-wagner-a-musician-who-wrote-music-which-is-better-than-it/)

[Richard Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagner/)

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> [I wrote the music column in my high school newspaper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-trunk/i-wrote-the-music-column-in-my-high-school-newspaper/)

[Eddie Trunk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-trunk/)

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> [I never wrote music for the mainstream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hozier/i-never-wrote-music-for-the-mainstream/)

[Hozier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hozier/)

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> [I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-birtwistle/i-wrote-music-as-soon-as-i-knew-notation/)

[Harrison Birtwistle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-birtwistle/)

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> [When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harrison-birtwistle/when-i-was-a-kid-i-wrote-music-from-the-age-of-11-until-the-age-of-18/)

[Harrison Birtwistle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harrison-birtwistle/)

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> [I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-doillon/i-was-raised-by-muses-women-who-had-men-in-awe-of-them-and-who-wrote/)

[Lou Doillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-doillon/)

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> [Knowing how other people wrote music is a great tool, which can be applied into your own musical mindset.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-cavalera/knowing-how-other-people-wrote-music-is-a-great-tool-which-can-be/)

[Max Cavalera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-cavalera/)

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> [I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mat-kearney/i-was-an-english-major-in-college-so-i-really-liked-spoken-word-and/)

[Mat Kearney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mat-kearney/)

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> [When Sonic Youth wrote music, we would rehearse for months before anybody heard anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-ranaldo/when-sonic-youth-wrote-music-we-would-rehearse-for-months-before/)

[Lee Ranaldo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-ranaldo/)

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> [I didn't go out on one date in high school. I played guitar and sang and wrote my own music and poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-bates/i-didn-t-go-out-on-one-date-in-high-school-i-played-guitar-and-sang/)

[Kathy Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-bates/)

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> [I never wrote music or arranged songs or lyrics when I was under the influence of anything but coffee. That's not gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cornell/i-never-wrote-music-or-arranged-songs-or-lyrics-when-i-was-under-the/)

[Chris Cornell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cornell/)

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> [There's always those few people that are like, 'Why don't you play any of the material off your first two records?' And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rzeznik/there-s-always-those-few-people-that-are-like-why-don-t-you-play-any/)

[John Rzeznik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rzeznik/)

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> [2Pac wrote about life threatening situations after being shot so often, it made it seem like he was obsessed with it. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-jackson/2pac-wrote-about-life-threatening-situations-after-being-shot-so/)

[Curtis Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-jackson/)

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> [I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yngwie-malmsteen/i-didn-t-have-to-apply-my-mind-to-the-aspects-of-scales-and-playing/)

[Yngwie Malmsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yngwie-malmsteen/)

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> [Ah, 'Pather Panchali' was the most inspiring film that I wrote music for, and it was so spontaneously done. I saw the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-shankar/ah-pather-panchali-was-the-most-inspiring-film-that-i-wrote-music-for/)

[Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-shankar/)

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> [I always wrote the music first, and the music gave me the mood and the lyrics were pretty much put in to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-joel/i-always-wrote-the-music-first-and-the-music-gave-me-the-mood-and-the/)

[Billy Joel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-joel/)

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> [Vangelis, who wrote the music for 'Chariots Of Fire,' is a bit of an idol of mine - his music is stunning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-young/vangelis-who-wrote-the-music-for-chariots-of-fire-is-a-bit-of-an-idol/)

[Paul Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-young/)

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> [I thought that I wrote songs and wrote music, and that was sort of what I thought I was best at doing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/i-thought-that-i-wrote-songs-and-wrote-music-and-that-was-sort-of/)

[David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/)

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> [I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-didn-t-write-any-music-at-all-and-then-i-remember-jon-anderson-2/)

[Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/)

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> [I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-didn-t-write-any-music-at-all-and-then-i-remember-jon-anderson/)

[Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/)

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> [When I was a youngster, I wrote all this music - it just came out of me - and I think record…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fantastic-negrito/when-i-was-a-youngster-i-wrote-all-this-music-it-just-came-out-of-me/)

[Fantastic Negrito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fantastic-negrito/)

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> [Bach in general was so good with the violin. He just finds the genius way around his music on the instrument. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-hahn/bach-in-general-was-so-good-with-the-violin-he-just-finds-the-genius-2/)

[Hilary Hahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-hahn/)

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> [“Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/music-makes-me-forget-my-real-situation-it-transports-me-into-a-state-2/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [Regarding The Music Man, Jay Nordlinger wrote: The Music Man (for which Willson also wrote the lyrics) is an astonishing creation. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-willson/regarding-the-music-man-jay-nordlinger-wrote-the-music-man-for-which/)

[Meredith Willson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-willson/)

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> [We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-axel/we-met-because-chad-was-in-one-of-my-classes-and-i-was-looking-for/)

[Ian Axel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-axel/)

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> [“music transports me immediately into the condition of soul in which he who wrote the music found himself at that time. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/music-transports-me-immediately-into-the-condition-of-soul-in-which/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [I think that music is still a mystery to most people. It kind of goes through most people without a specific thought.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-mann/i-think-that-music-is-still-a-mystery-to-most-people-it-kind-of-goes/)

[Gabriel Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-mann/)

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> [It wasn't like I told my family, 'I want to be a singer. I want to be a writer. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-peters/it-wasn-t-like-i-told-my-family-i-want-to-be-a-singer-i-want-to-be-a/)

[Maisie Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-peters/)

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> [I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/i-always-wrote-music-for-my-friends-but-my-focus-was-on-playing-piano/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

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> [I went out and started on my way up in television. I wrote music, I wrote books, I played an instrument half-ass.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-barris/i-went-out-and-started-on-my-way-up-in-television-i-wrote-music-i/)

[Chuck Barris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-barris/)

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