Hand Quote by Jesse Harris

When I used to write songs, especially on my own, it was just me and a guitar.

— Nina Nesbitt

I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

— Chris Isaak

I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music.

— Johnny Flynn

I've always written by myself. I've never been in a situation where the whole band sat in a room and wrote a song. I…

— Wayne Static

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit…

— Marvin Hamlisch

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

Sometimes, I sit with my guitar and start playing... something or the other pops into my head... Basically, I write whatever that comes to…

— Aditya Roy Kapur

Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up…

— Luke Bryan

Like, I kind of developed my musical style in a vacuum. Even though I listen to a lot of stuff, the way I wrote…

— Liz Phair

When I first started making music, I wrote the lyrics first, but now, because the music has got kind of wilder, I've flipped it.

— Perfume Genius

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll…

— Sune Rose Wagner

I was writing music for the sake of writing music; it was just fun.

— Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza