Always Quote by Bibi Bourelly

Occasionally and all-too-infrequently a song comes along that jolts you and you prick up your ears.

— Russell Mael

There's a feeling that you get when you write songs where... it feels like it's destined to do something. Then sometimes you get that…

— Bonnie McKee

My taste is developing constantly, and it goes in whatever direction it wants to go in - the music follows.

— Bonobo

Every song is completely different. Sometimes they come like a lump of clay and it's your job to chip away and find out what's…

— Brett Dennen

When you write songs, you try to tap into something that isn't straightforward in your head. Whatever you're feeling most strongly about usually comes…

— Luke Pritchard

Typically there are little fragments of specific words and images swimming around in my mind, and then at some point, I'll sit down with…

— Jeff Mangum

Every time I write a song it feels like it could be the last one I do, or it always feels like a fluke.

— Courtney Barnett

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm…

— Agnetha Faltskog

I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is something in…

— Audra McDonald

There are times where I'm just open to receive songs. I sit down, and a jam will just come out, all at once. It's…

— Benji Hughes

It happens so quickly it seems like it's coming from somewhere else. It's not It just means that you're in sync with yourself. And…

— Harry Nilsson

Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van…

— Conor Oberst