Concepts Quote by Paul Zollo

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our…

— Rodney Atkins

Sometimes when you start writing a song, you dont know where theyre going to lead you. You just kind of follow the ideas that…

— Mike Campbell

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

— Tracy Chapman

My process of songwriting comes from a very real place: a place that when you watch 'American Idol' - God bless it, it's probably…

— Linda Perry

Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it.…

— Jim James

Songwriting never feels like it's me doing anything consciously except for becoming aware somehow that it's time to let something out, or let something…

— Scout Niblett

Songwriting is such a mysterious thing. Its a magical channel thats a gift to you and you cant really conjure it up when you…

— Mike Campbell

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered,…

— Mick Jagger

I think there are times when a song can be a spiritual experience - just making music, in general, is pretty much that.

— Patty Griffin

Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes…

— Tom Petty

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.

— Martin Gore

I've always treated my songwriting as a process that isn't solely driven by a production model or genre, but instead by a feeling, a…

— Matthew Koma