Bed Quote by Jason Mraz

So it's the unwinding of your nervous system. The corresponding experience to what winds you up comes out in your dreams. To write a…

— George Harrison

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

— Tom Waits

I don't dream songs. I'm more apt to write dreams down and then to be able to interpret them into a song. I also…

— Judy Collins

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can…

— Ayumi Hamasaki

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if…

— Conor Oberst

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 think you ever write a song with any intention except the song's about such and such per say ... we've never written…

— Al Barr

Actually think anybody ever approaches writing any song, I think the song approaches them, truth be told. Usually what happens is that a song…

— Jon Fratelli

A lot of my songs are written prophetically: I write something, and then I make it happen.

— Jens Lekman

I'm usually really drawn to a song, and I know it would be good to cover if it sounds like something that I could…

— Lorde

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

I write songs so that people can make them into what it means to them as well.

— William Beckett