Able Quote by Lorde

I started writing songs at 14 about things I was living at school, and the things I felt at that age.

— Natalia Lafourcade

I think I was 15 the first time I wrote a good song.

— Andy Grammer

When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things I was feeling.

— Kelsea Ballerini

I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious,…

— Gabrielle Aplin

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and…

— Tom Petty

When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were…

— Sabrina Claudio

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

— Kris Kristofferson

I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing…

— Alice Merton

I started writing songs at age 15.

— Vince Clarke

I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words.

— Leonard Cohen

I started writing songs when I was eight.

— Wiz Khalifa

When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.

— Harrison Birtwistle