Direct Quote by James Taylor

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

— Tracy Chapman

Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act.

— Nick Cave

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

— Shakira

Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

— Paul Simon

Songwriting never feels like it's me doing anything consciously except for becoming aware somehow that it's time to let something out, or let something…

— Scout Niblett

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about.…

— Dolly Parton

I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes…

— Nick Lowe

The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer…

— Ben Harper

Songwriting's a weird game. I never intended to become one - I fell into this by mistake, and I can't get out of it.…

— Keith Richards

Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid.

— Neil Finn

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered,…

— Mick Jagger

Songwriting is such a mysterious thing. Its a magical channel thats a gift to you and you cant really conjure it up when you…

— Mike Campbell