Almost Quote by Eric Whitacre

For as long as I can remember, I have written songs because I wanted to, because I was experiencing something that couldn't be described…

— Emily Haines

I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.

— Lisa Marie Presley

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.

— Michael Kiwanuka

I only write when listening to the music.

— Mod Sun

I just can't write and listen to music at the same time.

— Shane McCrae

It is like therapy to write and have people connect with it. That's the kind of music I connect with most.

— Aubrie Sellers

The reason I connected with music was because of the stories that people were telling and making me feel when I listened to a…

— Amber Liu

I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.

— Nell Freudenberger

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

— Stephen Greenblatt

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

— Sylvester Stallone

It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.

— Kris Allen