Moment Quote by Stephen Schwartz

I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.

— Sam Hunt

I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself.

— Thomston

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

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

— St. Vincent

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

— Janet Jackson

I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.

— Lyle Lovett

I started out writing music for theatre and contemporary dance, so there has always been a dramatic and narrative element in my music.

— Johann Johannsson

I'm grateful for being able to explore different avenues of my writing, whether it be music or stories, and it have an audience.

— Coy Bowles

Hopefully, reading and being around great literature inspires me to write songs, but I'm not sure about that.

— Mat Kearney

Writing can flow out when I'm feeling something strongly, whether that's joy, pain, fear, desire or anything else. The challenge is actually later, in…

— Anoushka Shankar

I know you're supposed to hide your influences, but I suppose I see writing as riffing, really, about whatever you have been reading or…

— Steve Toltz