Column Quote by Eddie Trunk

I wrote my first song in the first or second grade.

— YoungBoy Never Broke Again

I always was songwriting in high school, writing songs while I was supposed to be listening to the teacher.

— Kate Pierson

I wrote for my high school and college newspapers. It was my only creative outlet in those days.

— Soupy Sales

The first time I ever wrote anything, it was an editorial column for my high school newspaper.

— Nahnatchka Khan

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of…

— Tom Lehrer

I started writing songs in high school, so you had to write this stuff out and register it with the Library of Congress. You…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I write my music.

— T-Pain

I grew up writing songs and producing music, and I studied music production in college.

— Maggie Rogers

I started writing music around 20 years old.

— J.I.D

I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life.

— Mat Kearney

I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done.

— Chris Carmack