Audience Quote by Al Barr

No matter what, if you write a song that's great that everyone expects to be a hit, then everyone's going to be expecting another…

— LP

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

— Guru Randhawa

Writing songs is no different than explaining to somebody what you dreamed last night: No one ever gives you crap for what you dreamed…

— Jason Mraz

Actually think anybody ever approaches writing any song, I think the song approaches them, truth be told. Usually what happens is that a song…

— Jon Fratelli

Writing a great song is not a simple task, but I feel like when everything comes together and you sing it in a certain…

— William Beckett

I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up, that way…

— Jon Foreman

Sometimes I'll write a song first and then I'm like, "Oh this person will be great on this song." But there are some artists…

— Robert Glasper

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want…

— Diane Warren

I'm usually really drawn to a song, and I know it would be good to cover if it sounds like something that I could…

— Lorde

You have to write songs for yourself and not worry about what other people are going to say or think about it. But ultimately…

— Ben Howard

I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write…

— Ian Anderson

I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in…

— Craig Finn