Cadence Quote by Henry Louis Gates

I don't like writing for myself to sing. I prefer to have other people's voices to dispose of in some way that they'll like…

— Matthew Friedberger

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse…

— Jackson Browne

I like to write my own songs rather than merely singing what has been handed over to you.

— Shibani Dandekar

If you want to be a writer, you have to learn to write in other people's voices until you get the chance to write…

— Nahnatchka Khan

A lot of people start by learning other people's songs, but the idea of singing someone else's music didn't excite me. I just wanted…

— Shura

I like to consider myself a narrator of sorts for my friends and I feel like songs are a perfect way to do that.

— Maisie Peters

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if…

— Skylar Grey

Whenever I write anything, I do sing to it, to try and make sure it's interesting or compelling to sing to. I've gotten in…

— Aaron Dessner

Everything I write tends to come from my own personal experiences, or from people close to me that I'm singing about.

— Bill Ward

“Part of being a Master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.”

— Hugh MacLeod

In the past, I've written my songs and then asked friends if they could record the vocals. I didn't want to use my own…

— Sophie

Merely that you start off with ideas buzzing around in your head, and then you try to give them the simpler, more graceful shape,…

— Adam Gopnik