Also Quote by Jerry Leiber

The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music; each song took at least a year to make.

— Justin Vernon

It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.

— George Gershwin

However long the song is was how long it took us to write it.

— Geezer Butler

It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot…

— Iron & Wine

Songwriting is telling short stories. But instead of 15 to 20 pages, it's three to five minutes.

— Tyler Childers

I've always said it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes.

— Bart Howard

I probably take about a month to write a song, depending on how much time I can dedicate to it, and it depends on…

— Gza

Sometimes it's really quick, and sometimes it's really long. There's no formula for writing songs.

— Jack Antonoff

I can write a song in about an hour if it's a simple country song.

— Dolly Parton

I wrote 'Linger' in about eight minutes. But some songs will take weeks to write.

— Guy Sebastian

Sometimes words come easily and sometimes they don't. Most songs take me twenty minutes to write.

— Jillian Hervey

Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics. We didn't…

— Elena Tonra