Beauty Quote by Alvin Lee

Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.

— Vance Joy

Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really is that intangible - it's like you're pulling from the ether. I…

— Brandon Boyd

I know this sounds weird, but I honestly believe music comes from the universe. Inspiration comes from the universe, and you drag it into…

— Labrinth

It's rather mystifying when you think about writing songs - where they come from, and how they're born.

— Tom Waits

It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all…

— Nate Ruess

To me, it's like the difference between a pen and a paintbrush. Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really…

— Brandon Boyd

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or…

— Pete Seeger

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a…

— Kimbra

The source is always me, but when the inspiration is an amazing idea or entity, it gives the process of music making a very…

— Amaal Mallik

I think the more that I can find myself getting out of the way - like you said yourself - trying to get out…

— Kimbra

Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it.…

— Jim James

I think where a lot of the stuff came from is that it started as something else and then it was transformed into something…

— Adam Granduciel