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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
I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere. — Ray Davies
I didn't think anything we did was spectacular. I remember we thought, Let's just write some scary music. — Ozzy Osbourne
I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my… — Paul Anka
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting is… — Smokey Robinson
I don't think about commercial concerns when I first come up with something. When I sit down at the piano, I try to come up… — Lamont Dozier
When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning… — Kate Bush
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
We worked the medley on side two of "Abbey Road" out carefully in advance. All of those mini songs were partly completed tunes; some were… — George Harrison
As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar...Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel...This song ("Until It's Time for You… — Buffy Sainte-Marie
I wake up from dreams and go, Wow, put this down on paper. The whole thing is strange. You hear the words, everything is right… — Michael Jackson
I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from "A Time To… — Stevie Wonder
I write a lot from instinct. But as you're writing out of instinct, once you reach a certain level as a songwriter, the craft is… — Janis Ian
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of… — Robin Gibb
What we try to do with all of our albums, is live out our musical fantasies in the most honest fashion we know how...We want… — Michael Hutchence
You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time… — Phil Collins
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to… — Laura Nyro
It's not like I'm looking to describe something that's only true of my own circumstances. It's beyond. It's way inside, you know. It's reaching inside… — Jackson Browne
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. I don't… — Van Morrison
If getting on the radio was a major motivation, I'd be one of the worst writers of all time. I admire people who do it,… — Randy Newman
It happens so quickly it seems like it's coming from somewhere else. It's not It just means that you're in sync with yourself. And whatever… — Harry Nilsson
I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do… — Debbie Harry
I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take… — Little Richard
It turned out so well because it was the first album that I could identify with in terms of lyrics. ("Captain Fantastic") It was passionate...I… — Elton John
It just seems like musicians want to sell a few records and put out a perfume line, and I think it's so sad that there… — Moby

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