Encounters Quote by Dar Williams

You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song.

— Dar Williams

Writing music is really personal, and it's a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something…

— Zooey Deschanel

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

— Tom Waits

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

In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it.

— Matthew Ramsey

I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room,…

— Kelly Jones

Every day you can write a song but some days there is just some magic in the air and something special about the catch;…

— Lee Brice

As musicians it's often difficult. You go to a dinner party and most people treat you like some kind of exotic animal and in…

— Brian Molko

Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on…

— Kat Edmonson

So it's the unwinding of your nervous system. The corresponding experience to what winds you up comes out in your dreams. To write a…

— George Harrison

I hate to debunk the myth - kids don't wanna hear it - but as songwriters, you have to polish your craft a little…

— Synyster Gates

When you're writing a song with someone, it's a very personal process. The music has to be an organic experience, it can't be contrived,…

— Jarryd James