Always Quote by Alex Turner

A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised…

— Stephen Sondheim

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a…

— Vince Clarke

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not…

— Glenn Danzig

“Maybe the key to finding the perfect song is simply rewriting the lyrics.”

— Kandi Steiner

I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection…

— Patterson Hood

As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new.

— Jon Pardi

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way…

— Rufus Wainwright

You always want to write the perfect song. But no one will ever write the perfect song, I guess. I would just like to…

— Mose Allison

Sometimes songs need extra time and space to really play themselves out, and some songs it's like, this is all you need, a straightforward…

— Doug Martsch

The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that…

— James Mercer

The roughest part for me when I'm writing a song is staring at a blank page. Where am I going from here? If you're…

— Bob Weir

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I…

— George Jones