Answers Quote by Robin Guthrie

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

— Austin Carlile

Obviously when you write songs you've got to record them, but just writing the songs is one of my favorite things to do.

— Avi Kaplan

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

— Conor Oberst

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting…

— Smokey Robinson

I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the craft of…

— Jason Isbell

Once I'd become a songwriter, it just stays with you. You always want to write more songs because it's such a great feeling.

— Paul Rodgers

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler

I've written a lot of songs but I haven't had the opportunity to record a lot of them.

— Gloria Gaynor

Even when I stop performing or stop making records I won't stop being creative. Songwriting is a good outlet.

— Billy Joel

I was a songwriter and I've written some good songs, but there are lots of greater songs that I know I have inside yet…

— Jimmy Cliff

Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it.

— Jonas Blue

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career…

— Jerry Jeff Walker