Born Quote by Tom Waits

The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going…

— Matthew Ramsey

I think sometimes you are born with a song.

— Nana Mouskouri

Writing music is just something that I was born to do.

— Joan Armatrading

It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all…

— Nate Ruess

Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.

— Vance Joy

I think that's an interesting point of being a songwriter, is to write songs that make people think.

— Joshua James Alphonse Franceschi

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.

— Lykke Li

The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you're born and doesn't stop till you sit down to write a…

— Roger Miller

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

— Jann Klose

I don't know - it's a bit of a mystery of how things come about when they do. I don't have a scientific explanation…

— Robbie Robertson

Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Songwriters can’t explain. You get an idea and you don’t know where it’s come from. And if you’re lucky, you have a pencil or…

— Pete Seeger