Come Quote by Jakob Dylan

It's funny when you write a song - it's easy for me now - but there's almost a second stage where you take control…

— Kate Bush

Writing a song is almost like cheating-writing because you don't have to finish your sentences, you don't have to use any punctuation, no one's…

— Mirah

When you've written a song, sometimes it's really hard to wrap your brain around what somebody else is doing, or maybe the way that…

— Gerard Way

I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.

— Beyonce Knowles

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song…

— Otis Redding

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

I write songs about what I go through.

— Taylor Swift

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what you want…

— Tyler Joseph

I'm writing all the time. And as the songs begin to coalesce, I'm not doing anything else but writing. I wish I were one…

— Leonard Cohen

I write lyrics. putting words and melodies to my songs. That's a real challenge, I take it on vigorously.

— Gord Downie

I think you can do a lot with lyrics and melody.

— Alison Sudol