Always Quote by Craig David

As for me, I rarely write a song. But when I do write a song, like "Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects," which came…

— Sharon Jones

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

— Amos Lee

It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is... songs comes through you.

— Greg Lake

The fact is I don't write songs, per se; I've written a couple here and there, but that's not my forte.

— John Dolmayan

We write constantly. It's nice to have more to pick from and we pitch songs to other artists, so it's not always songs for…

— Martie Maguire

No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a formula... to…

— Lauren Mayberry

I've written 90 percent of the songs in my career, on all my albums.

— Toby Keith

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

No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a formula... to…

— Lauren Mayberry

I guess the approach to song writing for me so far has been to use more chords and less math.

— Mick Barr

When I was younger it was a lot of quantity over quality. Just writing, writing, writing. Hundreds of songs. Now it's fewer songs. If…

— Lights

Music really does just boil down to basically, essentially songwriting chords and melodies.

— Flume