Knows Quote by Scott McClanahan

I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart…

— Tim Gane

I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write…

— Ester Dean

Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers.

— Dan Bejar

You get a lot of who you are as a musician across through the music you write. If you're writing your own music, then…

— Harry Styles

I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They…

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

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

I was always interested in being a writer. Yet, at the time, it somehow seemed more unfeasible to be a writer than a musician.

— Michelle Zauner

Writing music is something very natural... this is the way to communicate with other people.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going…

— Matthew Ramsey

Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever matters.

— Courtney Barnett

We've been fortunate enough to have a lot of people to ask us to be on their records - so many artists and musicians…

— Yukimi Nagano

People write music, and the music is out there for people to interpret it how they want to.

— Leona Lewis