Attitude Quote by Eddie Van Halen

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very…

— Ray LaMontagne

I was a pretty sheltered kid, a slow starter. I was pretty secretive with my passion for music and, I guess, my talent and…

— Raheem DeVaughn

I became a melodic writer after 'Gunn.'

— Henry Mancini

I was a different person before I started to write. When I realized I could be a songwriter and that people would listen -…

— Gwen Stefani

I was a cover artist for years. I didn't start writing songs until I was in my mid-twenties. I wrote them with John Leventhal,…

— Shawn Colvin

I was influenced by the Beats because I actually just began to commit adolescence around 1955, when "Howl" and Rebel Without a Cause and…

— Billy Collins

From the beginning, my songwriting was from writing in a journal; it was completely unfiltered. I don't know if I really meant to show…

— Tyler Joseph

I wasn't ready to write my own songs when I was in my early 20s. I'm still growing but I definitely grew because of…

— Mark Stoermer

I started songwriting at around age 12, and that was it. I never really stopped. Nothing else ever really crossed my mind. It's truly…

— Lara Fabian

I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I…

— Kate Voegele

My friends and I took songwriting very, very seriously. My hero was and still is Bob Dylan, but also people like Leonard Cohen and…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I started writing rather late in the game. I was fascinated about the story about how Bob Dylan, for 'Nashville Skyline,' wrote between takes.…

— Leon Russell