Composer Quote by Ringo Starr

I enjoy singing the songs a certain way, but I don't even know how the writing even began. To me, it's work that is…

— Angel Olsen

I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes…

— Nick Lowe

As a musician myself, I wouldn't be confident if I received some other composers' song, because I choose to express myself through the music…

— G-Dragon

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

— Devi Sri Prasad

That's the fun of songwriting. You can make it whatever you want.

— Laufey

When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head.

— Alan Menken

That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.

— RaeLynn

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

— Shakira

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it

— Sean Lennon

Sometimes when you sing someone else's song over and over again or songs that have been given to you, you're afraid to go out…

— Dinah Jane

A lot of people start by learning other people's songs, but the idea of singing someone else's music didn't excite me. I just wanted…

— Shura

Once you write and record a song, it becomes everyone else's song.

— Courtney Barnett