Came Quote by Benmont Tench

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not

— Tommy Shaw

I was clear that I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs. But I wasn't clear about how I was going…

— Alison Goldfrapp

I think I just liked the idea that I could make something, that I could communicate some sort of idea through music.

— John Congleton

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

— William Beckett

I always knew I wanted to be a musician, and I always knew I wanted to write, 'cause the people I was listening to…

— Emeli Sande

When I write a song, it is to fill a niche in people's lives. To have a song for every experience if one hadn't…

— Bill Callahan

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how…

— Corey Smith

I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what…

— Lyle Lovett

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 gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and…

— Daniel Powter

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

The people at the record company had asked me if I could write a song about my life, my relationship with God, and where…

— Billy Ray Cyrus