Happens Quote by Greg Lake

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

— Amos Lee

Songs do write themselves through you; I know people find it hard to believe, but it's true.

— Paul Rodgers

Anyone involved with songwriting will testify to the fact that each song, no matter how pure or from the heart, has its own story,…

— C. Sigman

Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their…

— Paul Zollo

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler

Actually think anybody ever approaches writing any song, I think the song approaches them, truth be told. Usually what happens is that a song…

— Jon Fratelli

Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking…

— Tom Waits

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey

Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.

— Tom T. Hall

Both with songwriting and playing a role, you're delivering the truth of something in a moment. In a lot of ways, it's the same…

— Alison Sudol

Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the ideas that…

— Mike Campbell

Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.

— Richie Sambora