Done Quote by Jason Isbell

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want…

— Diane Warren

I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in…

— Craig Finn

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

— Beyonce Knowles

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

— Paul McCartney

During those times like in my early years as a writer I could actually write a song in ten minutes because all of a…

— Ben E. King

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.

— Lykke Li

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

— Elliott Smith

Sometimes I write music, sometimes I don't. I think I'm just writing more what's close to my heart, and musical stuff is close to…

— Rachel Bloom

I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with…

— Kerry King

If I come across an issue, or something I feel strongly about, and I happen to think of a song that would go in…

— Charlie Daniels

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 things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

— Warren Zevon