Hard Quote by Martie Maguire

Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something…

— Billie Eilish

Songwriting is a difficult thing, but it's not so bad when you remove the barriers you put up yourself.

— Jason Bonham

No one can attack you when you're songwriting; it's you and a song, which is a great place to be.

— Gin Wigmore

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

Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of…

— Julian Casablancas

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

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

— James Taylor

I think that there have been times, especially with writing songs, where you sit in a room with somebody, and they could be a…

— Dave Koz

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

— Feist

I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like…

— RaeLynn

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

I think my songwriting has developed over the years. As I get older, I have become less afraid to share real experiences.

— Rayvon Owen