Growing up Quote by Khalid

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how…

— Corey Smith

Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.

— John Mellencamp

You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with…

— Chris Lowe

You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today,…

— Christina Aguilera

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

I, as a young guy getting out of music school, I didn't like the prospect of spending my life writing music for about 200 people.

— Philip Glass

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

— Joan Armatrading

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.

— Joan Armatrading

I realized that music was the only thing I really thought about - music and writing.

— Tierra Whack

I clearly remember writing songs [when I was young] and the power that it gave me of feeling like somebody. My whole life changed…

— Gwen Stefani

I have always had to write songs. As a lifestyle and as a business model, it's pretty difficult. Largely at this point I'm so…

— Doug Walters

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didnt have time.

— Joan Armatrading