Every day Quote by Sean Lennon

I try and treat songwriting as something that I have to practise every day.

— Mark Lanegan

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

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

— Conor Oberst

When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I always write…

— Sia

Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I'll do that for the rest of my life.

— Emeli Sande

Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared and you're…

— William Clark Green

Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty minutes.

— Greg Lake

I have to live to write. But I try to discipline myself into writing on the spot as well. I think it's a misconception…

— Laufey

Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have…

— Win Butler

I write about what I know and what I've experienced. That's the only way it can be real to me. I love songwriting. There…

— Aaron Tippin

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. Originally I was not writing songs for myself. Songwriting…

— Smokey Robinson

I do more writing by myself than with anybody else. My best thing is sitting...around somewhere with a guitar, and having an idea. You…

— Charlie Daniels