Ifs Quote by Tracy Chapman

I'm not one of those people who write all the time. Sometimes I'll go several months without writing anything. I'll sometimes second guess myself…

— Warren Haynes

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

— Macklemore

But I'll never write another Missing You' again as long as I live. I hope that I'll write a good song, but I don't…

— John Waite

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

— Serj Tankian

Every song that I start to write, I wonder if I'll be able to write it.

— Emmylou Harris

I try to write songs just for the song itself. I don't try and think about where it's going to end up, that way…

— Jon Foreman

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing…

— Nick Cave

I try not to write two songs about the same thing, although, on occasion, it happens, so I guess it kinda helps to change…

— Teddy Geiger

When a song wants to be written, it will be written.

— Laura Marling

I'll get into conversations with other people, and all of a sudden they will say something that sparks that... either the titles to me,…

— LeAnn Rimes

When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if…

— Conor Oberst

I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going for a…

— Todd Rundgren