Clear Quote by Debbie Harry

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if…

— Skylar Grey

I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in…

— Craig Finn

I've tried over the years all kinds of ways of going about writing and even just thinking about the idea of writing. There was…

— Kurt Wagner

I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good songs.

— Ben Gibbard

Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever matters.

— Courtney Barnett

I love writing with other artists, I really do. Because you can try to guess what they would want to say and how they…

— Charles Kelley

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

— William Beckett

I like to write in fairly everyday language - I've always tried to write lyrics that, if people would speak the words, it wouldn't…

— Tim Rice

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

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

— Kesha

Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get through the…

— Sevyn Streeter

I think that anyone really can write songs, it just takes having an idea and a feeling and chasing it, and you can learn…

— Carly Rae Jepsen