Minutes Quote by Jillian Hervey

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

— Ben E. King

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

— Jack Antonoff

It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out.

— Sia

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

— Alanis Morissette

It takes me forever to write songs most of the time.

— Mark Linkous

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

Usually when I'm writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink.…

— Billy Joel

I'm a very slow songwriter; it takes me sometimes years to write one song, if I ever finish.

— Michael McDonald

During those times like in my early years as a writer I could actually write a song in ten minutes because all of a…

— Ben E. King

I don't actually have to think very hard when I'm writing. I mean, there are times where it's a task, and you have to…

— Patty Griffin

It can take me many months to write one of my own songs.

— Mary Gauthier

It's a really big struggle for me to write a song. Songs take either 30 seconds for me to write or a year or…

— Adam Levine