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Songwriting Quotes by Merle Haggard
- I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make sense against your…
- 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…
- 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…
- There's two or three kids out there trying to make good music, and the rest of them sound like it's been strained through some kind…
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