Band Quote by Ethan Hawke

I was having a nice anonymous little time as a writer. I really was on the writer path. I was sort of minding my…

— LP

Being in a band was so fun and exciting, but I was just kind of focusing more on performance and wasn't really writing the…

— Domino Kirke

When I started writing, it felt good, and I knew I was in the right genre.

— Janet Evanovich

All my life I only wanted to write and play music, but it took a long time to make a go of it, and…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I grew up loving music and being super involved in church choir and school musicals and such, but when I started writing is when…

— Kelsea Ballerini

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and…

— Ann Powers

A lot of music for me was about - I mean, aside from the fun and challenge of writing and being really good friends…

— Carrie Brownstein

I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer…

— William Beckett

Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented…

— Amy Winehouse

I loved being in a band.

— Adam Ant

For me, the most challenging thing was developing myself as a songwriter and as a performer and as the leader of a band. And…

— Juliette Lewis

I was writing music for the sake of writing music; it was just fun.

— Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza