Collaborating Quote by Liz Phair

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

— Shakira

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

— Jane Wiedlin

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

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

From the beginning, my songwriting was from writing in a journal; it was completely unfiltered. I don't know if I really meant to show…

— Tyler Joseph

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 found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy. I wrote about everyday stuff.

— Dionne Bromfield

Songwriting is not particularly easy for me. I think it would be easy for me if I didn't have such high restrictions and feelings…

— John Congleton

I found songwriting really hard at first, but after a while it was actually very easy.

— Dionne Bromfield

Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared and you're…

— William Clark Green

That's what's amazing about songwriting: you can write a story that everyone connects to.

— Jamie Lynn Spears

There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as a songwriter.…

— Sinead O'Connor