Ass Quote by Mark Kozelek

Sometimes songs need extra time and space to really play themselves out, and some songs it's like, this is all you need, a straightforward…

— Doug Martsch

Every song is completely different. Sometimes they come like a lump of clay and it's your job to chip away and find out what's…

— Brett Dennen

Songs need to have a secret, cryptic, thematic thing about them, otherwise they are just messy and all over the place.

— Courtney Love

[Some] songs are all so detailed and in-depth that it takes forever to finish them.

— Vic Fuentes

Songs don't just suddenly arrive like a taxi you have to work on them and you have to put a lot of time and…

— Chris de Burgh

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody…

— Chester Bennington

When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction.…

— Juliana Hatfield

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison

I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there's so many different things that can make a song come together.

— Van Morrison

It's always amazing seeing the song-writing process. A song just starts off as just an idea or a story you want to tell. It…

— Manika

A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel…

— Mick Jagger

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful…

— Paul McCartney