Always Quote by Michael Koryta

The fascination with the music stayed with me for years and I wanted to find out why I liked it so much and to…

— Gregor Schwellenbach

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

— St. Vincent

Hopefully, reading and being around great literature inspires me to write songs, but I'm not sure about that.

— Mat Kearney

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my…

— Scott Weiland

I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I listen to it at other times, too, but it helps me write.

— Jeff VanderMeer

I always write my novels with music (I don't listened to the music seriously.) Music seems to encourage me.

— Haruki Murakami

Good music tells a story that people relate to.

— Jen Lilley

Music’s the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. There’s always music. If I’m not playing it, I’m listening…

— Charles de Lint

I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever.

— Julia Holter

I love the pursuit of songwriting, and I've seen what songs can do in people's lives. Some of the stories that come back from…

— Matt Redman

When I was first writing, I was writing mostly about sporting events, which was really what my assignments were. I was working on the…

— John Tesh

I was going to try writing but it was always just songs. It never quite worked, but I have got a book out.

— Motorhead