Care Quote by Corey Harris

You write a lot of bad songs before you write good ones. It takes time!

— Taylor Momsen

Sometimes you write songs that don't all fit together. What do you, just throw them away? This might be a chance for growth and…

— Amanda Shires

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song…

— Otis Redding

I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really…

— John Fogerty

I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a…

— Bob Seger

There's a lot of songs and songwriters out there - you have to make something stand out to pitch songs. Sometimes you have to…

— Greg Kurstin

Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit.…

— Bruno Mars

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind…

— Jakob Dylan

When you write songs, you try to tap into something that isn't straightforward in your head. Whatever you're feeling most strongly about usually comes…

— Luke Pritchard

I can't stress enough how important it is to write bad songs. There's a lot of people who don't want to finish songs because…

— John Mayer

I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good songs.

— Ben Gibbard

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it... That's…

— Ty Segall