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Writing Quotes by Andy Wilkinson
- Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were there as part…
- In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it, people just didn't…
- Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to…
- I find on songwriting, I really have to work at making sure I'm not imitating myself. You know? Which happens to all of us. When…
- I had to really do some studying and examination of my own songwriting and I realized that, there's not a formula by any stretch of…
- So I realized when I was successful in a piece, it was because I didn't abandon a notion early on what it ought to be,…
- We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the band, artist, writer,…
- I say to my students that I can't teach them how to write a good song, but I can teach you how to write a…
- Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to their reading and…
- Kids who are least impressive in my class are the ones who only listen to one kind of music. They only listen to country or…
More Writing Quotes
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
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- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold