Commentary Quote by Joni Mitchell

I'm disregarding all the rules I've seen as people approach writing music. I'm trying to break them.

— Verite

I didn't know that there were many rules in music when I first started writing.

— Tyler Joseph

When you write songs you're commenting on love, you're commenting on sex, relationships, whatever it is that you decide to write about it. And…

— Joan Jett

I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally.

— Damian Marley

I have never been one to write by rule, not even by my own rules.

— William Carlos Williams

In the past, I never wrote any love songs. That was not my thing.

— St. Lucia

I had a list of rules I made up one time. It says: Tell the truth, sing with passion, work with laughter, and love…

— Kris Kristofferson

In fact I wonder if I should bend my own rules a little and for the sake of writing a good song it doesn't…

— The Rocket Summer

Because of who I am, and how open I am, there's something inherently political about just writing love songs.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer…

— Raymond Chandler

When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make my mark…

— Amor Towles

It's very important, at least to me as a writer, that there be some rules on the table when I'm writing. Rules come from…

— Lev Grossman