American Quote by Linda Perry

Songwriting is such a mysterious thing. Its a magical channel thats a gift to you and you cant really conjure it up when you…

— Mike Campbell

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it

— Sean Lennon

Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the ideas that…

— Mike Campbell

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

It's amazing to me that songwriting is an actual job.

— Nadine Coyle

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

— Feist

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered,…

— Mick Jagger

Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their…

— Paul Zollo

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas…

— Eric Church

You know, I think so much about relatability when it comes to songwriting, and this experience of being in the limelight isn't necessarily everyone's…

— Laufey

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

I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung and test…

— Crowder