Hard Quote by George Gershwin

Composing music is hard work.

— John Williams

Writing music is just like writing a book.

— Billie Eilish

Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

Writing music is hard if your head is full of waste.

— Justin Chancellor

If you're not inspired and you're working hard to pull inspiration from somewhere and make a song something it's not, then it's very contrived…

— Halsey

Writing music obviously comes from being inspired by things, and big changes in your life, and relationships and growing older and being more independent.

— Tristan Prettyman

I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself.

— Thomston

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

— St. Vincent

It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.

— Kris Allen

Mostly, in song writing, my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

— Joan Armatrading

It is easy to write unthinking music.

— George Crumb