Blue Quote by Keith Richards

Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, "Yeah, songwritin' man," looking wistful. That wasn't…

— Alex Turner

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me.

— Stephan Jenkins

Listen to really old blues guys and how they weren't allowed to sing about what they meant; they alluded to things. I find that…

— Dusty Hill

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative…

— Jewel

When I became a songwriter, it was out of some sort of desperation. I needed to create something. I had to latch on to…

— Mary Gauthier

What Jimmy Page did was pretty inspiring for guitar players. He married a lot of acoustic elements into hard rock. The kind of chords…

— Nancy Wilson

Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone…

— Ray LaMontagne

As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.

— Brad Paisley

I listen to lots of blues records and some of them are funny. BB King's 'How Blue Can You Get' is hilarious.

— Lenny Henry

'Flying In A Blue Dream' was quite automatic. I was working on another song, and I took a break and picked up my acoustic…

— Joe Satriani

As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes…

— Nate Ruess

I get the biggest kick out of it, to hear words that I wrote and chords that I wrote being sung by somebody else.

— Taylor Goldsmith