Boring Quote by Kelly Jones

The first song I wrote was for my friend. She was going through a really tough time.

— Noah Cyrus

Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She was the…

— Leonard Cohen

One of our earliest recordings was an arrangement of 'Ticket to Ride.' It was our first single and it makes a beautiful ballad.

— Richard Carpenter

With Joe Walsh, that was kind of random. I'd written 'Hi-Roller Baby' for myself while I was at Island/Def Jam; literally, four years later,…

— LP

The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.

— Courtney Barnett

You know that first love that leaves you? You never forget that, especially if you're a songwriter. I must have gotten nine songs out…

— John Prine

“Dee penned my name into the lyrics of her first single, “Open Road Summer.” She wrote it when we were freshmen, daydreaming about our…

— Emery Lord

'Reign' - and this might sound cheesy, but it's a dream I had. I dreamt everything that happened in that song, woke up, and…

— Kevin Morby

Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently put on…

— Roy Wood

When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when I…

— Deborah Cox

The very first song I wrote was about a boy that I was obsessed with.

— Ellie Goulding

The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first one. By…

— Suzanne Vega