Conscious mind Quote by Brian Wilson

Basically it takes me very little time to write a song. If I find myself taking more than an hour to do it I…

— Bernie Taupin

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's…

— Jeff Tweedy

Usually when I'm writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.…

— Billy Joel

I'm sort of an 'automatic' writer. I'm not much for chiseling away at songs or working at them for days trying to make them…

— Leon Russell

I don't actually have to think very hard when I'm writing. I mean, there are times where it's a task, and you have to…

— Patty Griffin

I try to write a lot and my process is kind of back and forth. I procrastinate a lot so when I do sit…

— Courtney Barnett

It takes me forever to write songs most of the time.

— Mark Linkous

When I write songs, it happens very quickly, sometimes 10 to 15 minutes, and I draw inspiration from everything.

— Maggie Rogers

I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it.

— Neal Shusterman

When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of…

— Banks

During those times like in my early years as a writer I could actually write a song in ten minutes because all of a…

— Ben E. King

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once…

— Kate DiCamillo