Lennon Quote by Jason Mraz

I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song.

— Dan Bejar

I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write songs was because I thought, 'Well,…

— George Harrison

I try to write humanistic songs.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

If you look at someone like Joe Strummer or John Lennon, when you heard their music you knew that they wrote it and they…

— Moby

Well, I always write when I am inspired, and I am not a constant song-writer.

— Katie Melua

I'm constantly writing songs to show people that it's okay to be a work in progress.

— Jelly Roll

I'm just writing songs to process what's going on, whether in my personal life or in my perception of the world.

— Olivia Rodrigo

When I was a mailman, writing songs was my escape from the regular world, and now writing songs is my job. And I've always…

— John Prine

I wouldn't sit down and work at writing a song like a novelist or something.

— Roger Taylor

Lennon and McCartney became great songwriters because they were prepared to listen to and learn from all types of music.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

I write songs like someone would write a really tiny book. I think it's the same thing. It's building this world, painting it and…

— Maisie Peters

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

— Fred Armisen