Believe Quote by Chris de Burgh

But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song…

— Dweezil Zappa

I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a…

— P. J. Harvey

I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down and play…

— Tom Petty

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say,…

— Keith Richards

I don't play a lot of instruments so when it comes to the song writing process I don't have a lot to do with…

— Barry Kerch

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the…

— Will Oldham

Anyone can make a record with instruments that work.

— Josh Freese

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

— Chuck Mangione

When I write for an album, I'll always have about 30 different types of instrument around me. I set them up in a small…

— Joe Bonamassa

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 can write songs without a guitar.

— Meredith Brooks

When I used to write songs, especially on my own, it was just me and a guitar.

— Nina Nesbitt