Audience Quote by Jeff VanderMeer

Prose is like this big block - you write big paragraphs. I feel that when I'm reading and writing, that a prose book is…

— Bill Callahan

It's really hard to learn songwriting from a book.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart…

— Tim Gane

Writing music is just like writing a book.

— Billie Eilish

Naturally, no one knows more about music than musicians. They talk about their own work all the time, but they rarely get to talk…

— Michael Azerrad

The music is the emotional substance of the show; the book just sets it up. Nobody goes to a musical to hear the book.…

— James Lapine

It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all…

— Nate Ruess

Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that…

— Ken Hill

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

— Johnny Mercer

“People listening to songs are like people reading novels: for a few minutes, for a few hours, someone else gets to come in and…

— Douglas Coupland

I'm very passionate about music and was excited to see that the majority of readers loved the inclusion of lyrics.

— Colleen Hoover

Musicians have to do what they do and express it musically. All the blah blah blah will get lost in the dialogue.

— Carlos Alomar