Best Quote by Rodney Crowell

Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.

— Rodney Crowell

It's hard when you're writing for someone else. You obviously always want to do your best work, but sometimes you write and have a…

— Tom Fletcher

When you've written a song, sometimes it's really hard to wrap your brain around what somebody else is doing, or maybe the way that…

— Gerard Way

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

— Gloria Estefan

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

— Jon Foreman

I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with…

— Kerry King

When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.

— Iwan Rheon

My guiding principle when writing with other people is that it's not worth it to give someone a song unless it hurts for me…

— Josh Tillman

When I'm writing, I try to think about what would make a song better before worrying about personal opinions.

— Phoebe Bridgers

I always think that you should be striving to write your best song.

— Alice Cooper

I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up, that way…

— Jon Foreman

If I'm writing a tune with someone I'm making sure it's what they wanna say and it's articulating what they have to share.

— MNEK