Great Quote by Glen Campbell

When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a…

— Glen Campbell

The song could start with a riff that I base the song around. Or a chord progression or a melody I have, I just…

— Orianthi

I had this knack of writing opening lines to my tunes. This helped in making an instant impression.

— Anu Malik

I love songs, and I love to tell stories, and so a lot of times, if you really want a good story, you got…

— Andy Grammer

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective…

— Christine Lavin

First we start with the lyrics. Most of the lyrics are done by Stefan Kaufmann and me. When we have enough lyrics and enough…

— Udo Dirkschneider

The more songs I've written, the more I've grown interested in telling a story. When I first began, I had this list of opaque…

— David Longstreth

I started to write the song. And I was in Gladewater, Texas, one night with Carl Perkins and I said, I've got a good…

— Johnny Cash

What I'm trying to do is tell good stories through music. I think some of the best songs, the best country songs, are stories.

— Sam Palladio

I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in…

— Craig Finn

Country music's really good about telling a story, so I want songs that tell good stories where people can say, 'That happened to me!'

— Lauren Alaina

My goal as a songwriter now is to simply write some memorable turns of phrase.

— Ben Gibbard