Game Quote by Keith Richards

Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid.

— Neil Finn

Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

— Paul Simon

Songwriting's a weird game. I never intended to become one - I fell into this by mistake, and I can't get out of it.…

— Keith Richards

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

— Tracy Chapman

I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes…

— Nick Lowe

Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make…

— Chrissie Hynde

Traditional songwriting, to us, is where the experimental nature comes in. We're all involved with so much outside activity with really hardcore, experimental music-making.

— Thurston Moore

Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing.

— Jo Stafford

Songwriting isn't a choice. You're either called upon to bear the burden, or you're not. It's not all fun and games.

— Mark Kozelek

Songwriting is writing about the human experience.

— Tyler Childers

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our…

— Rodney Atkins