Best Quote by Pete Doherty

“Please rehearse new material,” Brian’s telegram said. They chose to interpret this as “please write new material” and, in this instant, the Lennon-McCartney songwriting…

— Mark Lewisohn

Breaking Benjamin, talk about songwriting, I mean, some of the greatest songwriters of the modern era. And, obviously, it's a little heavier.

— Synyster Gates

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away…

— Lionel Richie

Sometimes I feel people try to be too complex. Some of the greatest songs are so simple. The simplest phrases.

— Jorja Smith

When I first got to Motown, Smokey was already a fixture there. To me, he is one of the greatest songwriters and poets, so…

— Dennis Edwards

Irving Berlin was the greatest songwriter of all time. I was in awe of him. But his music wasn't my music. My music was…

— Jerry Leiber

I try to imagine what the greatest song I could ever write would sound like, and then try to do it.

— Andrew W.K

Of all the early breakthrough rock and roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is…

— Cub Koda

This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what…

— Halldór Laxness

Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest…

— Bruno Mars

“He did not know what to say in the face of such sorrow. He sat in silence by his sister's side in the spring…

— Halldor Laxness

When Chuck Berry came along, what he did was more rock & roll than it was blues. It was more exciting. He was like…

— Steve Miller