Life Quote by Rostam Batmanglij

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.

— Warren Zevon

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

— Paul McCartney

When I write songs, I write from a lot of perspectives.

— Goldlink

I still maintain the fact that when I write songs, I don't know what I'm doing. I don't think about it pragmatically. I say…

— Charli XCX

I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.

— Taylor Swift

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

I actually can't listen to music and write poetry at the same time, but I do kind of think about the music I've been…

— Shane McCrae

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I…

— Rico Love

Writing songs is a solo activity, so, if I put my mind to it, I can do it.

— Joe Hisaishi

Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.

— Oscar Isaac

Sometimes I'll write a song. When I've gone through something really hard in my life, sometimes it's other people's music. Other times it's actually…

— Jack Johnson

I do think figuring out how to write music is definitely a very personal thing. Everybody does it differently, and it's taken me a…

— Benson Boone