Bars Quote by Bobby McFerrin

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to…

— Natasha Bedingfield

When I first started, I didn't know what I was doing. I was such a - like a kid that got into things before…

— Dr. John

I was working - just a regular working-class guy - but, at the same time, always aspired to do music.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on my own…

— Kim Petras

I started off as a studio pianist in Hollywood.

— Skitch Henderson

I knew I could kind of carry a tune, but I didn't sing. So I worked with an incredible vocal coach and a couple…

— Monica Barbaro

I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and…

— Thurston Moore

Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I…

— Glenn Tipton

I sort of just wrote the songs, the way I wanted to write them, sing them the way I wanted to sing them, perform…

— Johnny Reid

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano

— Fiona Apple

I started writing hits the day I sold my piano.

— Michael Cretu

It came naturally to find out what I did best, which was to write songs and sing well.

— Weyes Blood