Important Quote by June Jordan

Once I discovered how important writing music was to me and just what a huge weight it lifted off of me, I knew that…

— Banks

School was very important to me ,and music was what kept me coming back.

— Darius Rucker

I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music.

— Mat Kearney

For me, music was always a second language. I didn't have a musical background, and I started studying very late, at fourteen.

— Garth Greenwell

I'd always been a kid that loved literature, reading, writing - anything to do with words - so music was just a path.

— Jade Bird

When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things I was feeling.

— Kelsea Ballerini

Music was very influential on me as a kid.

— Steve Earle

I was playing music since I was 6 or 7. I felt that music was a given to me.

— Gabriella Wilson

I was born understanding the language of music.

— Julian Bream

Music was a way for me to almost speak things into existence before they even happened and to build confidence.

— Darren Waller

Music has been an important part of my life.

— Mohit Chauhan

Music was language in our house. It was air…I feel certain that if I absorbed any lessons at all in the first months and…

— Renee Fleming