Art Quote by Kate Voegele

I love melody, and that's what I love about pop music. The words can become what they are through a special melody. I learned…

— Anna Ternheim

I was probably 7 years old when I started playing the guitar and writing some serious songs.

— Dolly Parton

When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.

— Becky G

It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing…

— Noel Gallagher

I'd say writing songs is, for me, as much playing the tape recorder as it is playing guitar or writing words.

— J. J. Cale

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

— Dave Mustaine

I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley.…

— Jake Owen

Sometimes I feel like I'm taking on a role when I'm writing a song, and it doesn't always have to be true. I'm not…

— Mitchel Musso

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes…

— Jack Prelutsky

I grew up listening to a lot of 2Pac and a lot of East Coast, West Coast rap; Bad Boy, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown,…

— Saweetie

I grew up listening to my mother's collection of Hank Williams, George Jones and Marty Robbins records.

— Keith Whitley

I grew up in predominantly black neighborhoods and went to predominantly black schools. And hip-hop is what I grew up listening to in my…

— Mark Wahlberg

I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in…

— Avicii

I come from both sides of the spectrum: I grew up listening to hip-hop and R&B then learned how to make a track by…

— Lotic

I grew up listening to all music, not just country.

— Mickie James