Best Quote by Patty Griffin

I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew!

— Alexander Chee

I sing, but I also like to write. Creativity is the best part because you're then in your own zone and can talk about…

— Timothy Weah

Whenever I write anything, I do sing to it, to try and make sure it's interesting or compelling to sing to. I've gotten in…

— Aaron Dessner

First, I try to take everything away that doesn't matter to singing. It sounds simplistic, but it works. There is absolute focus on singing:…

— Johnny Mathis

I write and sing about whatever I am able to understand and feel.

— Bill Withers

Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like…

— Madonna Ciccone

I don't like writing for myself to sing. I prefer to have other people's voices to dispose of in some way that they'll like…

— Matthew Friedberger

To me, writing is like singing in the most inappropriate place, singing as beautifully as you can on a bus or in a bank,…

— Hisham Matar

When I write songs, I'm just writing stories, and being in musical theatre taught me how to act them out through singing.

— Anne-Marie

Singing always came naturally but the writing side is something I have always had to work hard at to get from good songs to…

— Andrew Ripp

I think the only way you can become a writer is through honing your voice, creating your own voice.

— Megan McCafferty

I think, in general, I find writing to be very therapeutic and singing in itself to be really therapeutic.

— Sharon Van Etten