Band Quote by Jack White

I've always written by myself. I've never been in a situation where the whole band sat in a room and wrote a song. I…

— Wayne Static

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band.

— Daniel Powter

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.

— Bruno Mars

As I kid, I was always jealous of the music that my favorite bands had written - but not really of how they played.…

— Jonny Greenwood

I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing songs to…

— Conor Oberst

I tend to write pretty much by myself. I always did that anyway. I used to write with Ron Strykert 'cause he was the…

— Colin Hay

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.

— Ryan Tedder

I always try to write the best song I can in the moment, and those songs are often going to end up on Death…

— Ben Gibbard

I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.

— Frank Iero

In our band, every member has input, but me and Steve do the majority of the writing. We start the songs, the rest of…

— Chad Gilbert

I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down and play…

— Tom Petty

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting…

— Smokey Robinson