Common Quote by J. Cole

The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you…

— A. R. Rahman

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing…

— Rufus Wainwright

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

— Oscar Isaac

All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.

— Terry Bozzio

The way I work uses a very on-the-spot flow, and I write the lyrics and the music when I feel them coming.

— J-Hope

When I write music it's hard for me to keep it going repetitively.

— Visionist

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's…

— Jeff Tweedy

During those times like in my early years as a writer I could actually write a song in ten minutes because all of a…

— Ben E. King

I always tend to think that composing is not playing an instrument, composing is having something in your head that's steaming and it has…

— Alexandre Desplat

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually…

— Jack Johnson

When I write songs, it happens very quickly, sometimes 10 to 15 minutes, and I draw inspiration from everything.

— Maggie Rogers

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.

— Sergei Rachmaninoff