Believe Quote by Judy Collins

I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in…

— Bethany Cosentino

I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place…

— Neil Diamond

The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. You just have to open up your…

— Judy Collins

I've written a lot of songs in the last couple years, but writing a lot of songs doesn't always mean writing good songs.

— Ben Gibbard

Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind…

— Jakob Dylan

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.

— Judy Collins

Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a relatively new…

— PJ Harvey

When you write songs, you try to tap into something that isn't straightforward in your head. Whatever you're feeling most strongly about usually comes…

— Luke Pritchard

Songs will always become a story in some way. I think it's my strongpoint as a writer musically. I don't shy away from it.…

— Mike Stud

I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in…

— Craig Finn

You don't have to be as good a writer to write a song; it's a very different process to writing straight prose. To learn…

— Tom Odell

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey