Built Quote by Billy Bob Thornton

Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what you want…

— Tyler Joseph

I don't like to write any music to a script. Experience has taught me that's generally a waste of time.

— Cliff Martinez

Writing a song is almost like cheating-writing because you don't have to finish your sentences, you don't have to use any punctuation, no one's…

— Mirah

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many…

— PJ Harvey

If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it.

— Alex Turner

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

— Oscar Isaac

There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized I could…

— Sharon Van Etten

I didn't set out to write certain kinds of songs - I just set out to write good songs.

— Madonna Ciccone

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not…

— Glenn Danzig

That's the fun of songwriting. You can make it whatever you want.

— Laufey

Making vocal hooks is my favorite thing to do. That's what I love about songwriting - making catchy stuff.

— Sigrid

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

— PJ Harvey