Write Songs Quotes

196 quotes by 162 authors

As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just… — David Nail
I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord… — Joanna Newsom
I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current. — K D Lang
I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a… — Regina Spektor
All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people. — Chely Wright
I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor. — Aimee Mann
Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? — Rufus Wainwright
I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about. — Warren Zevon
John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London. — Ben Kingsley
There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now. — Bryan Adams
Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be… — Malcolm Mclaren
I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write… — Natasha Bedingfield
I continue to write songs that are topically related to social, political and economic issues of our time, but I also recognize that onstage, I… — Aloe Blacc
I'd like to teach kids how to write songs. This will be my first year so I'm just as green as some of the rest… — Bo Bice
People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records. — Sonny Bono
I want to write songs and play them for people - live. — T Bone Burnett
There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs. — Gregg Allman
Some people take pictures; I write songs. — Lee DeWyze
When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express… — Chris Daughtry
I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. — Dave Davies

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