Arcs Quote by Amos Lee

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

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

— Jerry Cantrell

The songwriting process is different on every record because you're never coming from the same place when you're writing.

— Benji Madden

Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they measure up,…

— Lady Gaga

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want…

— Roger Waters

I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.

— Jack Antonoff

The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different things, experience…

— Amos Lee

You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write…

— Jon Foreman

Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.

— Frankie Ballard

I'm not the kind of writer that can wake up and say, "Okay, I'm gonna write a song today," and have that song be…

— Lyle Lovett

I don't sit and write records from start to finish. I write all the time, and when it's time to record you just look…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

You know, it's a pretty mysterious thing still, why you start the songs you start, and the specific flavor of them, the nature of…

— Gillian Welch