Band Quote by Tom Fletcher

When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.

— Timothy B. Schmit

I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great,

— Chris Martin

There's no one songwriter in the band. It's collaborative, and we all have different tastes.

— Aaron Dessner

I might be a completely different kind of songwriter but I definitely think there are some things... I've taken pieces from different people that…

— Mark Stoermer

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

— James Taylor

I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.

— Camila Cabello

I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the…

— Dave Edmunds

A lot of bands are influenced by other bands, and that informs their songwriting for sure. It definitely informs my songwriting, too. But it's…

— Ty Segall

I'm saying One Direction are brilliant! And I'm not kidding. Because their songs are really good.

— Chris Martin

One Direction. Proper pop band. There has to be a band that people want to scream at. I don't think I've ever behaved like…

— Chris Lowe

I've always listened to a wide variety of music, and I know that shows through my songwriting evolution.

— Jeongyeon

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

— Taylor Swift