Happiness Quote by Etgar Keret

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with…

— Midge Ure

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd…

— Irvine Welsh

I started to write my own stories, like small novels, and those novels became poems, and after poems, they became lyrics, and song came…

— Dawn Richard

Initially, I started writing music because I wanted to express my thoughts and get what was going on in my head out to the…

— Yungblud

Ever since I can remember, I've always wanted to tell stories, but I never had the patience to sit down at a typewriter and…

— Rob Thomas

I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

So what comes naturally to me is writing lyrics and writing songs and telling stories.

— Nina Nesbitt

I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.

— Jens Lekman

As I've evolved in life my writing process has taken a turn. I'm inspired by everyday life. I could be in the middle of…

— Kelly Price

I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends.

— Mat Kearney

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

— St. Vincent

I write lyrics based on music, on a musical flow, and what sounds good at the time.

— Mike Patton