Look Quote by Samuel Ervin Beam

I tend to have a lot of songs ready for each record I do anyway. I always have. I was thinking, the more you…

— Beth Hart

All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

— Justin Townes Earle

I really don't think records should be made in the manner where you sit and write, and when you're finished writing, you start recording.…

— Jay Reatard

You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write…

— Jon Foreman

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

— James Mercer

All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I…

— Leon Russell

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want…

— Roger Waters

My records have a lot of collaborators on them, and when you're writing a book, it's a very insular process that's very confusing and…

— Michelle Zauner

When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on…

— Rico Love

I'm a good collaborative writer. I can usually come in and add a couple lines to something, and add a riff or a B-section,…

— James Young

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

I write songs every day, but I don't necessarily get to record them.

— Kevin Parker