Music Quote by Adam Rich

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

— Jann Klose

Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.

— David Bowie

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

— Tom Waits

I didn't write songs for a very long time.

— Martin Gore

I wouldn't be writing songs if I didn't have something to say.

— Cat Stevens

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

I don't write songs.

— John Corbett

Originally I was not writing songs for myself.

— Smokey Robinson

Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever matters.

— Courtney Barnett

Most times you don't write the song, the song writes you.

— Colin Linden

I didn't set out to write certain kinds of songs - I just set out to write good songs.

— Madonna Ciccone

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me.

— Courtney Barnett