Down and Quote by Emily Haines

I don't sit down to write a song; they just come to me from something that somebody says, or something in the news. The…

— Mose Allison

What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.

— Paul McCartney

I just love to sit and go, 'Let's just write a song and not worry about how it needs to be'.

— Oliver Sykes

I'm not trying to get across some sort of message or statement. I'm just literally trying to write the best songs I can write.…

— Dean Lewis

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a…

— Valerie June

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isnt a…

— Valerie June

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want…

— Diane Warren

I am not a good enough writer to have an agenda or come up with a message and try to put it into a…

— Eddie Vedder

I don't sit down to write a song, per se.

— Creed Bratton

Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.

— Rodney Crowell

If someone says something good or bad, or whatever they have to say about your song, you've just got to embrace it.

— Sarah Barthel

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

— Laura Marling