Andrew Quote by Graham Parker

I'm not tempted to write a song about George W.Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem:…

— Tom Lehrer

I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the…

— Tom Lehrer

There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

— Al Yankovic

I can make a song up about anything: garbage, the weather, things in the news,

— Marvin Hamlisch

When you're in the middle of writing a song, you can come up with this whole web of stuff only you know how to…

— Jakob Dylan

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

— Stephen Stills

I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.

— Paloma Faith

It's actually harder to write a fun song.

— Taryn Manning

My goal is to write catchy songs that make people feel something.

— Sigrid

I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character,…

— David Byrne

I just wanted to write songs that would be amazing live, to interact with the audience.

— Chappell Roan

I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes, I could…

— Angie Thomas