Death Quote by Ben Gibbard

I always try to write the best song I can in the moment, and those songs are often going to end up on Death…

— Ben Gibbard

Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize.

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Song writing has been a lifeline for me.

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I always write knowing that people will hear it, but also hoping they'll see it. So a lot of times I make lyrical decisions…

— Boots Riley

I wrote my first album almost as an entitled child. 'Taxidermy' is written by a much more precarious, untrusting adult.

— Sharon Needles

When I began writing songs, there was a pretty direct line between what was happening in my life and what I wrote about. So…

— Erin McKeown

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish…

— Dolly Parton

Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone…

— Ray LaMontagne

I never write a song before I get the track because I just feel that I have to make a marriage with that track…

— Freddie Gibbs

When making the first album, I think I wrote a song about every six months. The first album was so much about the vocals…

— Florence Welch

That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone…

— Carole King

Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

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