Allowing Quote by Ingrid Michaelson

Songs, and songwriting keeps me inspired, moving forward.

— John Waite

When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the…

— Lenny Kravitz

When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I always write…

— Sia

I realized that I started writing songs to make people feel how I felt, rather than just making them feel something. That's not the…

— Marilyn Manson

I find inspiration by feeling like I haven't done or achieved anything. I push all songs I've written to the furthest part of my…

— Poo Bear

You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting.…

— Conor Oberst

Any one thing can get in the way of you and your brain being comfortable and being inspired. It's the difference between a really…

— Lauv

As songwriters, we can go in and write for other artists in a time where you aren't necessarily feeling inspired for yourself.

— Jessica Origliasso

Every time I felt the pain coming on I'd go downstairs and hammer out an idea. After a few months I started to take…

— Frank Iero

What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and beginnings and…

— Kevin Drew

It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself.

— Ryan Ross

Initially, I started writing music because I wanted to express my thoughts and get what was going on in my head out to the…

— Yungblud