Process Quotes

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Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a… — Burt Bacharach
A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies… — Sheryl Crow
Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When… — Patti Smith
You know, it's a pretty mysterious thing still, why you start the songs you start, and the specific flavor of them, the nature of them.… — Gillian Welch
I enjoy the competition and the process of learning as we compete. The whole thing is just fascinating. I don't know what I'll do when… — Larry Ellison
The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product. — Eric Hoffer
Be clear about your goal but be flexible about the process of achieving it. — Brian Tracy
I describe family values as responsibility towards others, increase of tolerance, compromise, support, flexibility. And essentially the things I call the silent song of life-the… — Salvador Minuchin
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. 'I am' is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry.… — Ramana Maharshi
But the whole vital process of the earth takes place so gradually and in periods of time which are so immense compared with the length… — Aristotle
The volumes, the surfaces, the lines-in one word, the structures that build a tectonic construction-do not represent the whole picture: there is also the movement… — Emile Argand
There are various causes for the generation of force: a tensed spring, an air current, a falling mass of water, fire burning under a boiler,… — Justus von Liebig
I had to really do some studying and examination of my own songwriting and I realized that, there's not a formula by any stretch of… — Andy Wilkinson
I say to my students that I can't teach them how to write a good song, but I can teach you how to write a… — Andy Wilkinson
Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable. — Stephen L. Carter
Every time I write a song, it's different. I'm all about the rhythm of the words and the melody. Musically, you gotta have a throbbing… — Dan Bern
Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's… — Jim James
Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or anything that involved… — Marian Keyes
I'm always writing ideas down and then I stick em in my pocket and put em in that folder so I don't lose them. Like,… — Lucinda Williams
These days, I find I'm applying a little more patience to my process. If I look back on my work, I can see those songs… — Ani DiFranco

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