Band Quote by Frank Iero

I was going through a period where I was just trying not to write songs and was thinking maybe I wouldn't play in a…

— Tim Rutili

When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience…

— Conor Oberst

I usually hung out with my songwriter friends at their places or mine.

— Eddie Rabbitt

I write music. I'm in a band.

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I started writing songs in high school. And eventually, I got some songs recorded by some major artists, mostly because I was out there…

— Gordon Lightfoot

I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.

— Gloria Gaynor

When After Forever stopped, I didn't want to first find a band, then see if I could write with them, figure that whole thing…

— Floor Jansen

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on…

— Rico Love

Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's…

— Britt Daniel

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting…

— Smokey Robinson

I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.

— Taylor Swift

I sing and play guitar, but songwriting is how I pay my rent. And so I didn't really need a lot of publicity to…

— J. J. Cale