Harder Quote by Glenn Danzig

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

— Agnes Obel

Writing can flow out when I'm feeling something strongly, whether that's joy, pain, fear, desire or anything else. The challenge is actually later, in…

— Anoushka Shankar

When I'm in the classical world, I really treat it as exactly classical and I don't try and spruce it up or jazz it…

— Rufus Wainwright

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

— Kris Allen

And what classical music does best and must always do more, is to show this kind of transformation of moods, to show a very…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

I express myself using my classical skills to write more complex forms of popular music.

— Ludovico Einaudi

I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and internalize it,…

— Andrew Bird

I think, for me, one of the biggest things that I struggle with is keeping the excitement up when writing a song. A lot…

— Brendon Urie

Writing songs, especially with the instrumental stuff, it's difficult.

— John 5

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's…

— Brian McKnight

I often write songs, and when I do, I usually write quite a few of them. I really have to be in the mood.

— Ric Ocasek

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.

— Jeff VanderMeer