Form Quote by Steve Hackett

“Music can transport you to another time with a couple of notes. It makes you feel the heartbreak or the love, right along with…

— Cindi Madsen

In my opinion, that's one of the hardest things to do in songwriting: crafting a song that speaks to you but, at its core,…

— Chris Young

Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.

— Rodney Crowell

My hope is that no matter your mood there is [on a Joyride albom] a song on there that speaks to you.

— Tinashe

A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if you don't speak the same language, you know what…

— Clay Aiken

There's this moment sometimes, when you do a crossword puzzle and you have the one really long word. And once you get that, the…

— Craig Finn

It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel…

— Iron & Wine

The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as…

— Tove Styrke

Well, each artist has something special about them. And I try to find whats best in them and find a song that works with…

— Dr. Luke

I have definitely written a happy song about someone and then we ended up splitting up, but you have to put those kind of…

— Joe Jonas

Whatever sounds best to the ear, to the whole team of people who are producing the song, is what works eventually.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I think the first song I ever wrote ... was called "Can't Help Thinking About Me." That's an illuminating little piece, isn't it?

— David Bowie