Hardest Quote by Chris Young

I'm definitely a fan of juxtaposition. Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing - I think one of the main…

— Rufus Wainwright

One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything.

— Jens Lekman

One of the things that I try to be conscious about in crafting a song is the concept of bringing it home. I like…

— Carole King

“Music can transport you to another time with a couple of notes. It makes you feel the heartbreak or the love, right along with…

— Cindi Madsen

I think that a song, when it works, never mind a piece of long form music, even a song is something that speaks to…

— Steve Hackett

My hope is that no matter your mood there is [on a Joyride albom] a song on there that speaks to you.

— Tinashe

“Your success vitals boil down to one simple concept: Decide on a few critical things, do them more often, then get better at them.”

— Darren Hardy

Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.

— Rodney Crowell

You can build the most important companies in history with a very simple to describe concept. You can market products in less than 50…

— Keith Rabois

For me, when we came out with a TV show, my HBO show, so much of the feedback was, "How do I do it?"…

— Casey Neistat

What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's…

— Seth Godin

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our…

— Rodney Atkins