Big Quote by Benjamin Booker

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I…

— Frank Ocean

When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience…

— Conor Oberst

I'm not good at talking, but I can write a good song and tell a story.

— Jorja Smith

When I first started making music, it was where I went when I couldn't express myself, when I wasn't able to connect with other…

— Sharon Van Etten

I wanted to find a way to speak for people. It was important for me, because so many people spoke for me when I…

— Emeli Sande

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen -…

— Gwen Stefani

I write a lot on airplanes actually because it's completely isolating; there's no one to talk to, there's nothing to do. And then I…

— Mandy Moore

When I was 13, I started posting songs every week that I'd written. They weren't fantastic, but people connected to them in some way.…

— Tate McRae

I started writing when I was, like, eleven. We couldn't afford private lessons, so I had to teach myself how to sing through recording…

— Keiynan Lonsdale

I usually can be more honest writing songs than actually talking to people.

— Joshua Radin

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to…

— Desmond Dekker

I have always had to write songs. As a lifestyle and as a business model, it's pretty difficult. Largely at this point I'm so…

— Doug Walters