Advice Quote by Patrick Stump

“Advice? Focus on the craft. Study the greats. Try and understand how and why they made the writing choices they did.”

— Patrick Stump

“Study the greats, they have the answers." But make it your own! Learn the importance of writing great music and owning the stage.”

— Lisa Goldin

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song…

— Otis Redding

I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.

— Taylor Swift

Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad. Write yourself…

— Elizabeth George

You don't really learn how to write songs; you learn to develop as a writer, and you get to meet lots of musicians and…

— Alice Merton

Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't…

— Cecelia Ahern

You have to know writing styles well before you can copy them - and then incorporate parts of them into your own style.

— Josh Lieb

You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest…

— Diane Setterfield

The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you…

— Lauren Tarshis

I've tried over the years all kinds of ways of going about writing and even just thinking about the idea of writing. There was…

— Kurt Wagner

I feel like I want to write some songs and I don't know how to go about doing it. Usually it's the lyrics that…

— Mike Gordon