Bases Quote by James Vincent McMorrow

I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me.

— Cass McCombs

I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to…

— Alan Menken

For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it…

— Washed Out

Maybe one day a song might make you feel completely different than the next, but I like to have a lot of everything in…

— Sarah Barthel

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

— Taylor Swift

Whenever I write songs, it's my outlet for a certain feeling. I just don't as often feel compelled to write when I'm not really…

— Phoebe Bridgers

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to…

— Kenny Chesney

Maybe someday there will be a song I write that I never let see the light of day because I don't want it to…

— Maren Morris

I write songs when I'm in the depths of my emotions.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of music that…

— Macklemore

Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.

— Jamie Hince

Sometimes I get in writing moods and I want to write a song every couple of days. Then sometimes I may not write a…

— Ashton Shepherd