Business Quote by Matthew Sweet

Songwriting was my own journey. I never fit in with structure in songwriting.

— Dawn Richard

My songwriting is very personal. The music that influenced me was so impactful that had I grown up somewhere else, I know I would…

— Phoebe Bridgers

I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't…

— Mose Allison

Songwriting was very tough for me... I would go in and sit and hope for inspiration to come, and it was rarely forthcoming.

— Leon Russell

My songwriting and my style became more complex as I listened, learned, borrowed and stole and put my music together.

— Boz Scaggs

All of my surroundings influence my songwriting. It's autobiographical, although I leave enough space so it's relatable.

— Kurt Vile

Songwriting really kicked in with the guitar. I was going through a lot as a kid. There had been a lot of transitions in…

— Jade Bird

I've had the great luxury in my career to be so successful as a songwriter that I didn't have the desperate need to have…

— Eric Carmen

It was not really the external influences that made me a singer. Music was within me. I was full of it.

— Lata Mangeshkar

... coming to a place like Nashville, which is just music music music, it's always been such an influence on me. And there are…

— Sandra Bernhard

I got into songwriting because I'm not very good at communicating sometimes, just my true words, so music was always my way of expressing…

— LIZ

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.

— Ed Sheeran