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You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing with a…

— Neil Diamond

My goal is to write catchy songs that make people feel something.

— Sigrid

When I write a song, I want to write something that is really catchy and says something that might actually touch somebody.

— John Rzeznik

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more…

— Iris DeMent

The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.

— Dar Williams

I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

And I'm moved, it's so beautiful. Not what I wrote, but to have it given back like this. To have her remember the words…

— David Levithan

It's hard enough to write a song, let alone one that sticks around.

— Jani Lane

We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on…

— Jon Pardi

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

— Tom Waits

Some of your best songs come from a desperate attempt to escape, so sitting in an airport for hours I can just start pulling…

— Andrew Bird

My guiding principle when writing with other people is that it's not worth it to give someone a song unless it hurts for me…

— Josh Tillman