After Quote by Brandon Flowers

When I made the first album, I was 24, and at that age, you have nothing to say. I just played the music I…

— Ry Cooder

I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.

— Mary Steenburgen

I think I was 15 the first time I wrote a good song.

— Andy Grammer

When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were…

— Sabrina Claudio

I remember when I made my first album, I was 32 or 33 years old and I thought I was way too old then.

— J. J. Cale

I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing…

— Alice Merton

One of my favorite songs I've ever done is "Who Says," and I was 17 when I recorded that song. It was just so…

— Selena Gomez

I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and…

— Florence Welch

I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs…

— Shelby Lynne

I wrote my first song when I was 6 years old. It was actually called 'Six Years Old.'

— Hunter Hayes

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be…

— Jason Mraz

I was probably 16.I played - I tried to play these songs that I had written. And, this was a common theme when I…

— Caitlin Rose