I am Quote by Ravyn Lenae

My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music.…

— James Bay

Songwriting for me has always been a way to process my emotions. Sometimes I'm not great at processing them in a very logical way.

— Noah Kahan

Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.

— Yanni

The way that I write songs is pretty simple. I hear music first, much like you would when you're scoring a film. I usually…

— Lauren Hart

Our industry holds a musical perception about each emotion that we depict in our narrative. As music composers, our job is either to cater…

— Amaal Mallik

The art of songwriting is just stumbling your way to something really special, and you don't know what you're going to write until you…

— Maren Morris

You have certain expressions when you write music, a lot of different emotions, a lot of different feelings.

— Phil Anselmo

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

I couldn't say there is a formula to songwriting. Each time is a unique experience.

— Greg Lake

I always see my songs in colors, and I'm often more inspired by movies and photographs than I am by other songs when I…

— Charli XCX

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas…

— Eric Church

When I write a song, that process is sort of entwined with a lyric or a chord progression that suits the vibe, and that'll…

— Michelle Zauner