Art Quote by Rick Rubin

As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything.

— Maren Morris

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody…

— Chester Bennington

Typically, the theme of my albums, if there is a theme, is, 'How does it feel?' And that always leads to love songs. It…

— Anita Baker

Other people's songs can inspire me, though - I always have music on when I'm painting.

— Danny Fox

I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot more out…

— Jimmy Page

No matter what I'm writing, I almost always start with the music. Definitely, the melody seems to set the tone for whatever emotions come…

— Ryan Bingham

I listen to my songs as if it's a song made by some other composer.

— Devi Sri Prasad

The main objective in any song, the songs that I write, has always been that it reflect the way I feel, that it touch…

— Neil Diamond

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

— Lucinda Williams

Some songs you get. Some songs you may not. And I think that's the beauty of art: to question and to ask, to understand…

— Janelle Monae

When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

— Goldie

The songs are always drawn from personal experience; I'm putting myself into my music. I usually am playing myself. It's art, art that represents…

— Steve Grand