Academic Quote by Steve Weinstein

I think the two are kind of synonymous for me; songwriting is like my form of diary making. It's how I process the world.…

— Johnny Flynn

I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that…

— Tom T. Hall

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

— Neil Diamond

Songwriting is just like any other kind of writing - it's either fiction or nonfiction. You can even get into philosophy and politics, which…

— J. J. Cale

You know, I would say that songwriting is something about the expression of the heart, the intellect and the soul.

— Annie Lennox

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It's a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires…

— Bono

I sort of have various sort of theories when people ask me about songwriting because it is a mystery. You don't really know. Sometimes…

— Nick Lowe

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas…

— Eric Church

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

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

— Jason Mraz

Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it.…

— Jim James

I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered,…

— Mick Jagger