Clauses Quote by Anna Quindlen

Sometimes music comes across to me just when I am sitting around doing nothing, and then the music makes me think of a few…

— Jimi Hendrix

I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and…

— Tao Lin

I don't listen to music when I write. If I do, I usually end up giving it my whole attention, which means, unfortunately, I…

— Gail Honeyman

I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices…

— Billy Joel

When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I've never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything.…

— Gregg Allman

Most of the time I wind up with a sleepily mumbled melodic line, sometimes with words, sometimes not. But then with my waking brain…

— Ted Leo

I am a pretty omnivoracious reader in respect to prose style, but if the prose doesn't have its own music, if the relationship to…

— Laura van den Berg

I've gotten a little superstitious about listening to music when I write. Once a story is going somewhere, I keep listening to the same…

— Kelly Link

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

— Mary Roach

I never listen to music when I write. It's too much of a distraction.

— Katie Kitamura

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics.

— John Legend