Born Quote by Synyster Gates

That happens quite a lot in Hot Chip - you can let go of something that was originally essential to the creation of a…

— Alexis Taylor

It's rather mystifying when you think about writing songs - where they come from, and how they're born.

— Tom Waits

People feel that you'll never be able to recreate the birthplace of a song that has, at its core, the hardship of a people.…

— Measha Brueggergosman

I think sometimes you are born with a song.

— Nana Mouskouri

I hate to debunk the myth - kids don't wanna hear it - but as songwriters, you have to polish your craft a little…

— Synyster Gates

If you can surrender your protection devices, in order to track the potentially raw and perhaps elusive emotions that are the song's DNA, then…

— Tori Amos

I think it's a certain gift when songwriters can go about their daily lives and extract little details that no one else would notice.

— Olivia Rodrigo

I think part of my job as a songwriter is to go back in my memory and pull up those pains for other people…

— Gregory Porter

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

— Lee Ann Womack

I've never written a song about DNA or anything that I work on. But I just think that DIY aspect, and the creativity and…

— Milo Aukerman

There's just a certain amount of grandeur and total squalor we exist in as songwriters because it's a crazy job for crazy people.

— King Princess

Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be treated differently…

— Tom Waits