Ability Quote by Tom Petty

Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared and you're…

— William Clark Green

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

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

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our…

— Rodney Atkins

Songwriting is the way of perpetual want. Songwriters are the blessed/cursed people. You will never have a moment's peace in your life. You will…

— Jon Stewart

Songwriting is such a mysterious thing. Its a magical channel thats a gift to you and you cant really conjure it up when you…

— Mike Campbell

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

Songwriting is a muscle. The more you do it, the better you get at it.

— Jason Derulo

As a songwriter, you try your best to write a good song, and you like nothing better than hearing a good song. It's easy…

— Lyle Lovett

I often say songwriting is like trying to climb down a ladder at night. You put your foot on the next rung and test…

— Crowder

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