Down and Quote by Glen Hansard

I'm not one of these people who sits down and writes to say I'm gonna write a song about this or that, or a…

— Creed Bratton

I think that anyone really can write songs, it just takes having an idea and a feeling and chasing it, and you can learn…

— Carly Rae Jepsen

You can write very obtuse and abstract lyrics, and if they want to, people are going to find something amazing that you're saying.

— Girl Talk

I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.

— Beyonce Knowles

I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say,…

— Keith Richards

I don't think talking about myself making songs is a very interesting topic, there are so many other more engaging things to think about…

— Jeffrey Lewis

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. I tell the songwriter's story. When…

— Sharon Jones

The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different things, experience…

— Amos Lee

I've never sat down and tried to write something for some occasion. You just write the tune and stay totally wide open to everything.…

— Gregg Allman

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

— William Beckett

I feel like if you can make music, and get people to, you know, evoke that feeling out of other people through writing songs,…

— Dr. Luke

People write music, and the music is out there for people to interpret it how they want to.

— Leona Lewis