Danger Quote by Barry Mann

It's scary when you get to a point where you write these songs that people like, and then you think, "Am I ever going…

— Bethany Cosentino

It's a powerful thing to be able to write a song. Even the least powerful feeling - like insecurity - that makes you feel…

— Banks

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.

— Gordon Getty

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

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.

— K. Flay

It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.

— Kris Allen

There's no real high like finishing a new song, playing it a thousand times in your car, and freaking out with your co-writers.

— Maren Morris

I've noticed that things aren't bad all the time. So I've tried to write songs that people will want to hear when they're getting…

— Ryan Ross

Writing songs is a stress-buster for me.

— Amanda Seyfried

I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good songs.

— Ben Gibbard

I'm always writing music. I sort of do it obsessively, for good or for bad. It's good that it keeps me going, but it's…

— Hamilton Leithauser