Air Quote by Irving Berlin

You can't write a song out of thin air. You have to feel and know what you are writing about. ... Talent is only…

— Irving Berlin

I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that…

— Ed Sheeran

Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot of room…

— Nick Cave

Whenever I write a song I see the whole song anyway.

— Rakim

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

— Serj Tankian

I've never really suffered complete and utter writer's block, really. I equate it with sex: in the beginning of my career, I was writing…

— Loudon Wainwright III

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

What we've learned is there's no right way to write a song.

— Susan Tedeschi

If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm really sad or something,…

— Astro

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our…

— Rodney Atkins

I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself. I don't know if I could…

— Ruth Wilson

One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every…

— Annie Dillard