Able Quote by Amy Ray

You need to work at the craft of songwriting, but not only the craft. When I see people working both on themselves and the…

— Fred Eaglesmith

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas…

— Eric Church

I've always been a songwriter, whether it's singing or playing with a band or doing DJ sets, they're all different ways to deliver my…

— Matthew Koma

There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than…

— Kara DioGuardi

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it

— Sean Lennon

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to…

— Jakob Dylan

I think for many songwriter/performers, you need to go off by yourself and write the songs to begin with, but then you need people…

— Alan Licht

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

— Barry Mann

I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

— Joe Cocker

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

— Tom T. Hall

I have to live to write. But I try to discipline myself into writing on the spot as well. I think it's a misconception…

— Laufey