Happiness Quote by Peter Gabriel

It's so easy to write songs about misery and hard times and sadness. It's much more difficult to write songs about happy and chirpy…

— Elton John

I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you don't want…

— Hozier

I think it's quite hard to write songs about being happy; it's easier to pour your misery into your lyrics.

— Ellie Rowsell

I've always found it pretty difficult to write a happy song.

— Aaron Bruno

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

— Scott Weiland

People who write happy songs are often unhappy.

— Chris Martin

I'm not used to writing about happy emotions, I'm just used to pulling from my sad or angry - happy emotions are very hard…

— Melanie Martinez

I think pain is the best feeling for song writing. You can write good happy songs, but I think the kind of bruiting, depressing…

— Adam Levine

I always tell people that it's so much harder to make a happy song than a sad one.

— Kristian Bush

Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones.

— Eric Bachmann

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

— Merle Travis