Chords Quote by Dave Matthews

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

When I write music it's hard for me to keep it going repetitively.

— Visionist

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

I just write... I follow the melodies that I can't forget/the ones that pop up in my brain the most.

— Lou Barlow

I'm a songwriter, my love of music has never left me and I literally don't seem to be able to stop writing songs, they…

— Mick Hucknall

You're just like, "I like doing this - it's something I have a lot of passion for." You happen to do it, you enjoy…

— Vance Joy

Sometimes I catch myself doing something that I've already done. The more I've done, the more that's likely to happen. Then I just throw…

— Bruce Cockburn

I tend to not try and listen to a lot of other artists while I'm writing, because if I hear something that's brilliant.

— William Beckett

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'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes.

— Sharon Van Etten

My brain never turns off of songwriting. Every conversation, everything I see, I'm just kind of like a sponge and I soak it up.

— Dustin Lynch

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies.

— Mike Stoller