Enough Quote by Bob Dylan

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require…

— John Frusciante

I feel a duty to write because I can write songs.

— Justin Hayward

Sometimes I'll go without writing for a while and I'll start to be driven nuts. I start doubting my writing ability. So I'll sit…

— Kim Shattuck

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

— Tom Conti

I like writing and don't confine myself to just the words or just the music. But I don't particularly write songs with myself in…

— Aretha Franklin

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.

— David Bowie

Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get through the…

— Sevyn Streeter

The fact is I don't write songs, per se; I've written a couple here and there, but that's not my forte.

— John Dolmayan

There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.

— Katey Sagal

It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.

— Kris Allen

I'm not an extremely prolific writer. I don't write songs all the time.

— Billy Burke