Am Quote by Reece Thompson

Writing is private and personal but after I have the idea and I have some of it in place I'll share it with the…

— Melody Gardot

Music lives in my mother - she's played in bands in Detroit and toured and did the whole thing. So I have somebody who's…

— India Arie

I learn so much from writing with other musicians, asking questions about their playing style and gear, and hanging out, too.

— Lisa Loeb

I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.

— Jensen Ackles

I write music. I'm in a band.

— Jamie Campbell Bower

I've always been in bands writing songs with friends in order to play shows or record a future record.

— Frank Iero

I think I know what my bandmates like or are interested in or would be interested in doing. I take ideas and I develop…

— John Dieterich

I tend to write pretty much by myself. I always did that anyway. I used to write with Ron Strykert 'cause he was the…

— Colin Hay

We're a band that really... It's important to us to write music and put it out there and to work together.

— John Petrucci

I write everything. I have that control issue with my music. That's why I'm not in a band.

— Daniel Powter

I've also been writing with my guitarist, Ted Barnes, and he's amazing. Writing with him has taught me a lot about my own writing…

— Beth Orton

That's the way I came up, writing and recording at home. I developed by playing everything myself. I was a drummer first and that's…

— Pete Yorn