Driving Quote by Mike Campbell

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 sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes…

— Nick Lowe

Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the ideas that…

— Mike Campbell

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires…

— Bono

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about.…

— Dolly Parton

Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared and you're…

— William Clark Green

I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung and test…

— Crowder

Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it.…

— Jim James

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered,…

— Mick Jagger

Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make…

— Chrissie Hynde

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler

My process of songwriting comes from a very real place: a place that when you watch 'American Idol' - God bless it, it's probably…

— Linda Perry