Best Songwriting Proverbs

652 Songwriting quotes by 379 unique authors

People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some money and pay… — Amanda Shires
By the time I wrote those first three songs for his new CD ... I wanted to push the poetics as hard as I could… — Steve Earle
For me songwriting is very...it's almost like an accident. 'Oh I accidentally wrote about that.' I sit down with the urge to write a song… — Unknown Author
That's the essence of songcraft: making something everyone can understand yet it still sounds new. — Tristen Gaspadarek
The last thinkg I want to do is spend the rest of my life pretending to be 17 or 27. Now it's pretty interesting to… — Tristen Gaspadarek
Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you, then… — Patterson Hood
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van Zandt… — Conor Oberst
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
Often the simplest song is the hardest to write. — Patti Smith
Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make sense… — Chrissie Hynde
Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their songs… — Paul Zollo
The poems are part of my attempt to understand being in the world in an honest way. — Dan Beachy-Quick
Poetry challenges you. Much of its importance is that it's one of the few places left in culture that makes things difficult-it asks you to… — Dan Beachy-Quick
[The publication of his first poem] was wonderful ... but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the… — Dan Beachy-Quick
The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does. — Unknown Author
Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking about… — Dan Jenkins
I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make… — Merle Haggard
We need to have music that contributes to the well-being of the spirit. Music that cradles people's lives and makes things a little easier. That's… — Merle Haggard
She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the… — Sara Paretsky
When I write a song today, basically it goes on the stage tomorrow. That's the way it works. You cannont interrupt your consciousness; it all… — Richie Havens
All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There… — Laura Nyro
I don't know exactly where the ideas come from, but when I get into a songwriting mode and it's coming along, it's like you're on… — Robert Earl Keen
I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk… — Rickie Lee Jones
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see… — Richard Thompson
The healing power of music is vast. Music therapy is in its infancy in Western psychology. If we knew more, we'd be able to do… — Gary Talley

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