Band Quote by Luke Hemmings

That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and…

— Idina Menzel

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

Writing original songs is much, much harder (I think) because you only have yourself to conjure up EVERY single moment a listener is going…

— Alex Goot

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler

When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.

— Timothy B. Schmit

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 never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.

— Tori Kelly

When I first started writing songs, I looked around at the bands that were making it, and they all had the original material. Jimi…

— Paul Rodgers

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

— Taylor Swift

That's the fun of songwriting. You can make it whatever you want.

— Laufey

My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.

— John Oates

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