Band Quote by Colin Meloy

A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them.

— Mary Gauthier

We don't tend to break into song when we go to war.

— Niki Caro

I love SongwritingWith:Soldiers.

— Mary Gauthier

Maybe, whatever influence we have, other songwriters or women or whatever can feel like they can have a place too, I guess. Or that…

— Amanda Shires

I wanted to write a song that was outright against war, in any form.

— Declan McKenna

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the…

— Quincy Jones

Songwriting is what I do, and there could be worse burdens to carry.

— Mark Kozelek

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

— Amos Lee

I don't think in the post-apocalyptic skillset 'sensitive songwriting' is one of them.

— JP Saxe

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations…

— Joni Mitchell

That's the fun of songwriting. You can make it whatever you want.

— Laufey

Songwriting is a difficult thing, but it's not so bad when you remove the barriers you put up yourself.

— Jason Bonham