Inspirational Quote by Lisa Lopes

I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.

— John Gourley

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem,…

— Yanni

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

— Ryan Tedder

I was writing music when we finished the last Walkmen record, Heaven, and a few of these songs may have even been started before…

— Hamilton Leithauser

Creating records and writing music with people I admire and respect is a very spiritual and enlightening thing for me.

— Chuck Ragan

I started writing music around 20 years old.

— J.I.D

Writing music and lyrics, you tend to become a control freak - sitting alone in your room with a bare light bulb over your…

— Jason Robert Brown

I'm never going to stop writing music as Porter Robinson and I see 'Virtual Self' as more of a tangent.

— Porter Robinson

Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician…

— Herbie Hancock

I think there are a lot of similarities between writing and music. Music is much more direct and much more emotional and that's the…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

We want to be good at our craft, whether it's writing music or playing it live.

— Ryan Ross

I'd always loved poetry and I'd always loved writing music and composing music, but I hadn't thought of putting the two together until around…

— Bruce Cockburn