Admirable Quote by Criss Jami

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.

— Martin Gore

There's a lot of vulnerability in songs - I'm not talking about pop songs - from people that are in the art of songwriting…

— Mary Gauthier

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

— Tom T. Hall

I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of themselves. Producers turn themselves into a…

— Ester Dean

Songwriting is the way of perpetual want. Songwriters are the blessed/cursed people. You will never have a moment's peace in your life. You will…

— Jon Stewart

The trick to songwriting is writing in a poetic enough way that other people can identify with it.

— Lights

Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough.

— David Bowie

I do feel songwriting is a bit of its own creature and the writerliness of it...it's freeing. It's good for people who have an…

— Mirah

Songwriters are the most unprotected and disrespected community in the entire music industry - especially for an industry based on songs.

— Raye

Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their…

— Paul Zollo

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

— Grant-Lee Phillips

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP