Beat Quote by Darrelle Revis

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or…

— Pete Seeger

I'm basically a songwriter, man. Songwriters are down in the fine print, you know? And I really enjoy that.

— J. J. Cale

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take…

— Tom Waits

I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the craft of…

— Jason Isbell

I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung and test…

— Crowder

I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who…

— Frank Fairfield

Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid…

— Juliana Hatfield

You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your…

— Dierks Bentley

As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything.

— Maren Morris

There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as a songwriter.…

— Sinead O'Connor

The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different things, experience…

— Amos Lee

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler