Apes Quote by Scott Weiland

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really. And…

— Paul Weller

The songs that I'm able to write are the songs I'm able to write, whatever they may be. The path I've cut for myself…

— Mac DeMarco

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

— Warren Zevon

I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs…

— Dan Hill

All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

— Bruce Springsteen

You can't really take it for granted that people listen to your music. I want to write songs that are on par, at least…

— Adam Granduciel

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

— Austin Carlile

I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my…

— Rivers Cuomo

I'm writing new music all the time. I'm just not writing pop stuff. It's not my goal.

— Billy Joel

I just want to write fun, interesting music that pushes boundaries and is still true to myself. I want people to feel something.

— Julia Michaels

I've never conceptualized much of what I write about. Maybe, once I'm onto something, I'll conceptualize a finished record. I want the songs to…

— Conor Oberst

Like as a fan of music, I feel like everything that I listen to influences my writing, whether it's a song where I know…

— Gracie Abrams