Never Quote by Ruel

I wrote my first song at 9 years old.

— Lainey Wilson

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

— Kris Kristofferson

My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard on the…

— Esperanza Spalding

I started writing - just generally - when I was 10, there, and started writing songs when I was maybe 11 turning 12.

— Montaigne

I started writing songs when I was eight.

— Wiz Khalifa

I started writing songs at 14 about things I was living at school, and the things I felt at that age.

— Natalia Lafourcade

I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious,…

— Gabrielle Aplin

I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I used it…

— Banks

I started quite late. I only discovered that I could write a song when I was, like, 17... some musicians, they're starting out, writing…

— Alice Merton

When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a song with my dad. Then in high school I started more writing.

— Gabby Barrett

I wrote my first song when I was 54 years old.

— Mary Steenburgen

I was probably 16.I played - I tried to play these songs that I had written. And, this was a common theme when I…

— Caitlin Rose