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Songwriting Quotes by Ani DiFranco
- These days I keep a journal, so I'm constantly sketching down my thoughts, or lines that come to me...ideas for songs. And then when I…
- 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…
- My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it's all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to…
- I noticed with older songs that I perform that I'm coming from a different place with them now...it mutates the vibe and even the meaning…
More Songwriting Quotes
- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams
- I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself. — Michael Bolton
- If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to… — Bono
- Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I… — Luke Bryan
- Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. — Pablo Casals
- Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act. — Nick Cave
- There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing… — Nick Cave
- The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in… — Nick Cave
- The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and… — Nick Cave
- Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control. — Tracy Chapman
- I'm writing all the time. And as the songs begin to coalesce, I'm not doing anything else but writing. I wish I… — Leonard Cohen
- If you want to be good at anything, you have to work hard at it. It doesn't just fall from the sky.… — PJ Harvey