Desperation Quote by Donovan

I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.

— Parker Posey

Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of…

— Julian Casablancas

My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well.

— James Bay

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

— Feist

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 think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

— Taylor Swift

Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.

— Richie Sambora

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

— Jane Wiedlin

Songs, and songwriting keeps me inspired, moving forward.

— John Waite

I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss…

— Taylor Swift

Songwriting is the way of perpetual want. Songwriters are the blessed/cursed people. You will never have a moment's peace in your life. You will…

— Jon Stewart