Best Quote by John Prine

The best way to write a song is to think of something else and then the song kind of creeps in. The beginning makes…

— John Prine

When I think of a song, I think of it as a beast. You chase these beasts around the room and try to grab…

— John Waite

Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot of room…

— Nick Cave

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my…

— Joni Mitchell

Any time you write a song, you kind of know what you want from it. You know what you're getting from it.

— Grace Potter

Even when I write a song, lots of times I think - I wonder what my dad would think of this song.

— SonReal

“... She may think this song means I like her, But she’d be very wrong, I was bored in macro, so I decided to…

— Chelsea M. Cameron

I tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then…

— Christopher Owens

We all love to sing, and when we sit down to write a song I think it kind of shows itself to us.

— Dave Haywood

I can sit in my room and write a song that I think might be a hit. I can sort of make myself do…

— Estelle

You write a song about how you think at the time, and then gradually you drift away from that, and when it's far enough…

— Jarvis Cocker

Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation. But the…

— Glen Hansard

That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.

— RaeLynn

What we've learned is there's no right way to write a song.

— Susan Tedeschi

Portishead's production is just insane beats you would expect to be on a KRS-One album. But then there's this little white girl with an…

— Anders Holm