Music Quote by Paul McCartney

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want…

— Diane Warren

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

— Warren Zevon

I think that's the only way I know how to write songs, is to think about my life, and also to think about the…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then…

— Christopher Owens

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually…

— Jack Johnson

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's…

— Jeff Tweedy

When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of…

— Banks

Sometimes, I sit with my guitar and start playing... something or the other pops into my head... Basically, I write whatever that comes to…

— Aditya Roy Kapur

I very rarely sit down with a guitar and try to write a song. I usually think about it a lot and then I'll…

— Sune Rose Wagner

When somebody asks me what a song or a line is about, I feel like I'm not done writing it yet.

— Jason Isbell

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

— Oscar Isaac

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I…

— Rico Love