Bird Quote by Gene Stratton-Porter

Well, I always write when I am inspired, and I am not a constant song-writer.

— Katie Melua

I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song.

— Charles Hartshorne

Many times, the way I write my themes or melodies is that I hear it, and then I sing into my phone or something,…

— Ramin Djawadi

I have to be inspired to write a song.

— Brett Young

I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel.

— Bill Withers

To the birds you gave songs, the birds gave you songs in return. You gave me only a voice, yet asked for more, thus…

— Rabindranath Tagore

I always wanted to be known as a songwriter and not just a songbird.

— Carly Rae Jepsen

I tell myself that, regardless of what source I draw on, I'm writing a new work for reasons peculiar to me and not an…

— Norman Lock

I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems.

— David Almond

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

— St. Vincent

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

— Tom Waits

I always start with writing vocal melodies before writing lyrics.

— Sigrid