Song Writing Quotes

45 Song Writing quotes by 34 unique authors

In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to… — James Blunt
U2 is sort of song writing by accident really. We don't really know what we're doing and when we do, it doesn't seem to help. — Unknown Author
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then,… — John Lennon
Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you… — Billy Corgan
I was fascinated to think about a place where men could be the mothers and I thought of my own song-writing and I decided to… — Tori Amos
I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties… — John Lennon
I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just… — Chantal Kreviazuk
Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself. — Unknown Author
That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a hold… — Kimbra
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far… — Dorothy Fields
My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments. — Natalia Kills
I really didn't think about song writing. — Adam Rich
Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and… — Miranda Lambert
There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there… — Jackie DeShannon
I love song writing, so I'm always happy to write for other musicians. — Sean Kingston
Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks… — Bjorn Ulvaeus
The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do.… — Eminem
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one… — Edgar Allan Poe
Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that. But really, when you talk about the real… — Kid Rock
Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't… — Taylor Swift

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