Band Quote by James Iha

I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll…

— Sune Rose Wagner

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

— Daniel Powter

I didn't want to box myself into writing just rock music because you can try to force it into moments that don't want it.

— Tom Kitt

I want to do some different kind of songs, but say I want to do riffs, but I don't come up with any riffs…

— Stephen Malkmus

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off…

— Kathy Acker

I am really heavy into songwriting.

— Anonymous

A lot of writing I do on tour. I do a lot on airplanes. At home, I write a lot, obviously. When I write…

— Pete Townshend

I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you…

— Jack White

The way that I write music is that I listen to a song I love and I copy it. And songs that I love…

— Matty Healy

I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it.

— Neal Shusterman

I'm really focused and obsessed with writing things that are specific. I don't like big rock lyrics - I find them infuriating.

— James Murphy