Down Quote by Ben Howard Download Open image “When you first sit down to write songs, you have to be selfish.” — Ben Howard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Down First Music Selfish Sit Song Songs
It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself. — Ryan Ross Copy Share Image
I think to really write songs, you need empathy. You have to put yourself in other people's shoes. — Ryan Bingham Copy Share Image
When I can write a song in a way where I feel like other people can relate to it, and I can take it… — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
At a certain time in your career you can't share your time with anyone else. You have to be completely selfish - so that… — Eddie Rabbitt Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you sit down to write a song, you don't realize what it's going to mean to somebody other than yourself. — Luke Combs Copy Share Image
I'm very selfish in that I make music for myself, not for other people; I kind of only think about other people afterwards when… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it. — Sky Ferreira Copy Share Image
Any time I sit down and write music, the first part of that is always centering myself and thinking about who I currently am. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it. — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
I've always thought I crossed this really weird gap between the pop world and some slightly more left-field singer-songwriter music, but everyone's always comparing… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
The only thing you can worry about is pleasing yourself and that's probably more impossible than pleasing other people. — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
I got thrust a guitar by my mum as a little kid and always played it. I sort of fell in and out of… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
“Oh come in from the confines of your own mind my dear Because worry is all you'll find there it's clear And tomorrow will… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
In England, it's usually cold. So surfing is more of an adventure where you're floating around in a big, dark, stormy sea rather than… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
When you're playing guitar, it's the tiny little nuances that make the difference. For me, obviously, tunings is a huge one. — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
Coming from the U.K., you realize how quiet England is, and as soon as you get to America, it's really big and brash and… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
“And the whole town just stood there crying, Looking at the darkness, For something wholesome and good” — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
The world is a very noisy place and so I don't need to shout about things. There are so many people shouting and a… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
We are taught these days that being famous is more important than actually doing something. — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I like to sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee on the terrace and read a book. I like to travel the world… — Marianne Vos Copy Share Image
I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
No matter how brilliant an actor is, there's always a point where they let you down, but that's all part of their journey. They… — Amanda Hale Copy Share Image
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
I was strictly after hits when it came down to the Jackson 5. That's all I was concerned with. — Deke Richards Copy Share Image
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
