1930s Quote by Carlene Carter

There are a whole lot of Carter Family songs.

— John Carter Cash

It would be so nice to write songs that end up being timeless.

— Albert Hammond, Jr

You can only write so many pop songs before they all sound the same. I got to a point where something overtly melodic and…

— Dylan Baldi

My view is that the great songwriting happened between 1920 and 1960. We're all, in our different ways, descended from the great songwriters of that era.

— Leslie Bricusse

Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs.

— Peter Steele

It would be amazing to write a song that could be sung 100 years from now by a teenage girl and still be relevant…

— Phil Elverum

This is the bunch of songs I did first, and it's just the type of thing I do. I am a Carter Family girl,…

— June Carter Cash

We would turn everything into songs in those days.

— Arlo Guthrie

When it comes to songwriting, I grew up in the Seventies listening to AM radio. So I've all these pop songs running through my…

— Paul Gilbert

Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.

— Tori Kelly

We've never tried to make timeless music like, say, Bruce Springsteen. But we've come to realize that maybe we've had more of an influence…

— Russell Mael

Sometimes I write songs that just come out in a pop format because I grew up on melody and these amazing artists during the…

— Robyn