Demonstration Quote by John Lennon

I've never had any kind of work ethic. I've never sat down with the intention of writing a song.

— Dan Bejar

To take part in the African revolution, it is not enough to write a revolutionary song. You must fashion the revolution with the people.…

— Ahmed Sekou Toure

People come to me to write songs that will be successful for them, and they allow me the freedom to do so.

— Linda Perry

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

— Gustavo Dudamel

I feel a duty to write because I can write songs.

— Justin Hayward

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.

— David Sylvian

When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches for the…

— Sergei Prokofiev

I didn't really want anyone to know that I wanted to write music or make songs because, in a way, I didn't necessarily know…

— Shura

I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was for me to sing. Maybe if…

— Skylar Grey

Because of my song 'Sam Stone,' a lot of people thought I was interested in writing protest songs. Writing protest songs always struck me…

— John Prine

Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me.

— Skylar Grey

I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so…

— Jewel