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It was just me in my basement honing my skills, hearing songs on the radio and trying to manipulate them and then writing over…

— Clinton Sparks

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

— Ken Hensley

We came from a small town where there was no music scene or no other bands, and we decided to put ours together and…

— Ed Kowalczyk

There's a lot of electronic surround-sound music, and I've done a lot of work where I write music for other people to move around…

— Hildur Gudnadottir

I basically was in charge of the Jackson 5 - all their creative, when it came down to the studio, and all their musical…

— Deke Richards

In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me.

— Brian Tyree Henry

For about three years I was playing clubs and theatres, I had a band, and I made a recording a few years ago, called…

— Laura Nyro

I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few…

— Sam Hunt

I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded…

— Stephen Stills

Usually my records are made trying to capture the essence of a band playing in a room.

— Lee Ranaldo

It used to be us in my living room passing around ideas and seeing what we liked, what stuck. For ACASC it was a…

— Gym Class Heroes

I usually hung out with my songwriter friends at their places or mine.

— Eddie Rabbitt