Before Quote by Thomas Mars

The fact that I have a lot of songs written doesn't keep me from wanting to write new ones, or new ones from coming.

— Christopher Owens

The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.

— Miles Davis

I think to try to make new music and new ideas, you have to push the boundaries of existing music.

— Ludwig Goransson

Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.

— Tori Kelly

Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully,…

— Dean Wareham

There's only one reason why you write new songs: You get sick of the old songs. It's not that I didn't do anything during…

— Tom Waits

When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a…

— Vince Clarke

Often by the time writers and producers try to get a new hit song, the industry has already moved on. Whatever you're creating might…

— Poo Bear

It would be so nice to write songs that end up being timeless.

— Albert Hammond, Jr

I saw that something changed in terms of the way I approach writing. I don't know. Before, everything was just sort of pieced together;…

— Alex Turner

Whenever new ideas emerge, songs soon follow, and before long the songs are leading.

— Holly Near

As artists, we're always going to like the songs we just now made over the songs we made a year ago.

— Quavo