Writing Songs Quotes

164 quotes by 139 authors

Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album,… — Adele
While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool… — Garth Brooks
Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs. — Jeff Bridges
I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. — Mel Brooks
Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with… — Luke Bryan
There's always gonna be guys who are just wonderful singers and probably shouldn't be writing songs. Then there's always gonna be guys who move up… — Luke Bryan
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. — Tracy Chapman
If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone. — Tori Amos
Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs,… — Johnny Ramistella
Johnny Cash's face belongs on Mount Rushmore...I don't write as much as I did back when I was writing songs every day. I've come to… — Kris Kristofferson
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting is… — Smokey Robinson
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 really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do… — Debbie Harry
I've just really been into melody and lyrics and songwriting. Writing a rap, to me, is easy. I could write a rap like that. But… — Kid Rock
I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. ....And I… — Smokey Robinson
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now for the same… — Billy Joel
I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of… — Miranda Lambert
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth that are also… — Paul Zollo
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers. — Tom Waits
My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as long as it… — Bob Dylan

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