Debates Quote by Richie Sambora

“A lead is good not because it dances, fires cannons, or whistles like a train but because it is absolute to what follows.”

— John McPhee

Even though, theoretically, being a composer and being a songwriter are the same thing, in my brain, they are completely different. When I am…

— Michael Bacon

Sometimes you're writing a song and you have an image whilst writing a song. I don't think you ever base a songwriting process around…

— Luke Hemmings

I'm pretty critical, but I'm also pretty good at letting go once it's done. There's this existential argument that comes in, at some point,…

— Chris Cornell

Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear…

— Chris Wyse

My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first pure even…

— Yukimi Nagano

Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Anywhere you can lead your life, you can lead a good one.”

— Marcus Aurelius

I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.

— Loretta Lynn

Don't go growing a conscience on me," I said. "I've been down that road. It doesn't lead you to anything good.

— Michael Connelly

There's this existential argument that comes in, at some point, when you're over-thinking the songwriting process. There's no guarantee that the more time you…

— Chris Cornell

My favorite way to get into the songwriting process is to get into the studio, and then usually, they play a loop of four…

— Tate McRae