Ability Quote by Neil Peart

I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as…

— Trevor Dunn

I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.

— Lyle Lovett

The songs that work best are broad lyrically and have one strong concept in the metaphor.

— Sia

A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.

— Thurston Moore

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

— Jann Klose

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

— Neil Diamond

With someone like Charlie Mingus, there is a counterweight between melody and raucousness. He is still very melodic even though is tearing apart the…

— Melody Gardot

I'm a super specific songwriter. I always have been. I think the most impactful songs are specific. Broad storytelling just isn't fun in any…

— Olivia Rodrigo

People always talk about the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, but I like his melodies. They are very defined and original.

— Ludovico Einaudi

Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in…

— Thalia Zedek

To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.

— Rufus Wainwright

His music was direct from his heart and brain in the purest form possible.

— Joshua Logan