Creative energy Quote by Samuel Ervin Beam

Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a relatively new…

— PJ Harvey

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

— Austin Carlile

When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

— Goldie

Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't realize this,…

— Tila Tequila

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more…

— Chris Cornell

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

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is…

— Sam Hunt

I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but…

— Randy Owen

Writing songs has always been a process where I divulge a lot, just because music is a tool for me to sift through and…

— Julien Baker

I think that creative work, music in particular, is a conveyor of inner emotional life. I don't feel one way all the time, so…

— Kyp Malone

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

— Billy Joel

Writing music is really personal, and it's a really exciting thing to participate in because represents the full creative process: It feels like something…

— Zooey Deschanel