Effects Quote by Brett Dennen

I'm really not a songwriter, so if I hear a song, I feel it and like it, I'll do it. But I'll make it…

— Glen Campbell

Every artist has the song where they say, 'I wish I could have written a song as good as this,' but they don't feel…

— Laura Jane Grace

I feel like for me to write songs that I would be interested in as a listener, there has to be tension, and there…

— Jason Isbell

I like the process of writing songs. It makes me feel good.

— Colin Hay

I have to be inspired to write a song.

— Brett Young

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be…

— Scott Weiland

I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.

— Brett Dennen

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

— Taylor Swift

If a song feels good to me, it's not very difficult to make it my own.

— Dianne Reeves

What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and beginnings and…

— Kevin Drew

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

— Austin Carlile

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an…

— Keren Ann