Ambient Quote by F. Paul Wilson

I never listen to music when I write. It's too much of a distraction.

— Katie Kitamura

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

— Austin Carlile

I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.

— Mike Love

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

— Khaled Hosseini

I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The…

— Joanna Newsom

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

— Mary Roach

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

— Warren Zevon

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

— Stephen Greenblatt

I don't listen to music when I write. If I do, I usually end up giving it my whole attention, which means, unfortunately, I…

— Gail Honeyman

I never listen to music when I'm writing.

— Ben Fountain

I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff…

— Robin Pecknold

When I'm writing, I can't listen to anything with lyrics, because it's too distracting.

— Katy Wix