Art Quote by Maggie Rogers

I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized…

— Stephen King

I used to feel like I wasn't a good songwriter when I couldn't finish a song by myself.

— Syd

Whenever I write songs, it's my outlet for a certain feeling. I just don't as often feel compelled to write when I'm not really…

— Phoebe Bridgers

I've always written about other artists, or I write my thoughts down, but I've never written a story.

— Laurie Simmons

I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition; I like…

— Ester Dean

I didn't start writing songs, honestly, until I started making my album. I was always doing poetry, but I never thought I could write…

— Alessia Cara

I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.

— Lisa Marie Presley

I am a driven writer. I feel guilty if I don't write, not self-indulgent if I do.

— Marge Piercy

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to…

— Kenny Chesney

One thing I don't do anymore as I've gotten older is that I don't make big blanket statements about whether or not an artist…

— Karyn Kusama

I think of myself as a serious artist. Sometimes you can get in your head too much about that and forget that you have…

— Tim McGraw

I do feel guilty. I do. Especially about my family, my children. I write about them, and I know that this will haunt them…

— Karl Ove Knausgaard