Blue Quote by Kina Grannis

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

— Courtney Barnett

When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as…

— Sam Hunt

Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven.

— Colbie Caillat

I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar – hide in the back and just play. But during those high…

— Kurt Cobain

I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

— Rokia Traore

I wanted to start doing more music, doing more things than just playing guitar. I started taking singing lessons and piano lessons. I need…

— Mike McCready

I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs.

— Gregory Harrison

I've always written songs. I learned guitar when I was 9 or 10 years old and it sort of developed from there. When I…

— Declan McKenna

I enjoyed singing and playing guitar but didn't have the stamina to make music-making a career. In reality, writing was my real gift, and…

— Ann Powers

I learned to play guitar on my lying back while I was bed-ridden. I only thought to record the songs because sometimes I would…

— Melody Gardot

I think when I first started discovering I could write songs, I was so naive. And it was after I got broken up with…

— Gwen Stefani

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to…

— Chris Daughtry