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I don't really write for an album. I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. It's all a…

— Cass McCombs

I write all year, and at the end of the year I put an album out. And if sucks, it sucks, and if it's…

— Toby Keith

I've always said I write albums; I don't write random songs and then sort them out.

— Bradford Cox

All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I…

— Leon Russell

I carry around a little journal with me, a little notebook and a pen and just write all the time. Not necessarily actually sitting…

— Mandy Moore

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record.

— Smokey Robinson

With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the…

— Alanis Morissette

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

— Conor Oberst

I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've ever had has been about 50-50 songs…

— Alan Jackson

When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album.

— Luis Fonsi

To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for…

— Gwen Stefani

I'm not an extremely prolific writer. I don't write songs all the time.

— Billy Burke