Art Quote by Dave Matthews

Songwriting is a difficult thing, but it's not so bad when you remove the barriers you put up yourself.

— Jason Bonham

I've never been one to indulge in out and out depression when it comes to songwriting.

— KT Tunstall

By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own collective of…

— Mary Gauthier

Songwriting is what I do, and there could be worse burdens to carry.

— Mark Kozelek

I've always been such an oversharer. I'll tell my Uber driver all of my deepest traumas and insecurities, and so I just think songwriting…

— Olivia Rodrigo

Creating something beautiful out of pain helps ease the pain. So, that's kind of how I got to songwriting - quite honestly out of…

— Mary Gauthier

I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.

— Laura Marling

Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy.

— Viola Davis

I find out a little more every single day about myself. And when it comes to my songwriting, I feel like it's easier for…

— Lainey Wilson

My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.

— Paolo Nutini

The thing is, I feel like it would defeat the purpose of being a musician if I let any kind of fear of failure…

— Frankie Cosmos

Try not to sing too many sad songs for yourself. The universe already hates you. Self-pity isn't going to help.

— Richard Kadrey