Write Songs Quotes

196 quotes by 166 authors

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible. — David Byrne
I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do. — Jarvis Cocker
I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then… — Gregg Allman
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
I don't write songs, songs write me. — Sammy Cahn
I don't write songs, songs write me. ... Writing a song can be agony or ecstasy. It can take half an hour or half a… — Sammy Cahn
It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just… — Stevie Nicks
While I was there, I was just gathering images and names, and ideas and rhythms, and I was storing all of these things - which… — Robbie Robertson
People just didn't write songs that were so directly emotional in those days. They still don't. Part of Hank's [Williams] thing was that he was… — Michael McCaul
Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's a reason a three-minute song… — Lou Reed
I want to write songs with complete sentences. I almos have this obsession with short-changing words. I would never be so pretentious to say that… — Ben Gibbard
In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If… — Adam Levine
I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on… — Katerina Graham
Just seeing the things on TV and the things in front of you, the amount of information coming in, and the lack of information not… — Billie Joe Armstrong
When I write songs I write for myself...I'm writing it as a form of expression, and hoping to find an audience, an audience that responds… — Patti Scialfa
Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning of it. Sometimes… — Bob Dylan
I'd always thought that my awkwardness was a thin veil disguising the real me. The me that was funny and could write songs that touched… — Sarra Manning
I never had any other thought in my mind. I was gonna write songs, I was gonna be a star and a singer and I… — Kim Carnes
Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs. — Jackie Evancho
I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across.… — Chris LeDoux

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