Long Quote by AJ Michalka

It used to be us in my living room passing around ideas and seeing what we liked, what stuck. For ACASC it was a…

— Gym Class Heroes

There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach…

— Graham Nash

Songwriting really kicked in with the guitar. I was going through a lot as a kid. There had been a lot of transitions in…

— Jade Bird

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity…

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how…

— Corey Smith

Becoming an artist and finding my way, I did kind of veer off into different genres and none of them ever fit.

— Sabrina Claudio

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but…

— Yael Naim

How I started my musical career, officially, was really, like, my family and I deciding to put out, you know, the 'Closer' album that…

— Goapele

I started writing rather late in the game. I was fascinated about the story about how Bob Dylan, for 'Nashville Skyline,' wrote between takes.…

— Leon Russell

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be…

— Jason Mraz

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.

— Jerry Cantrell

I feel like I introduce another level of my creative ability on every album.

— Busta Rhymes