Decent Quote by Valerie Simpson

Sometimes it's really quick, and sometimes it's really long. There's no formula for writing songs.

— Jack Antonoff

A lot of times, somebody will say something and it will give you a good title. So you carry a pencil with you and…

— Gene Autry

Any time you write a song, you kind of know what you want from it. You know what you're getting from it.

— Grace Potter

Writing a great song is not a simple task, but I feel like when everything comes together and you sing it in a certain…

— William Beckett

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a…

— Valerie June

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper.

— Beth Nielsen Chapman

It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.

— Maurice Gibb

The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful…

— Paul McCartney

There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

— Enya

Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that…

— Alex Turner

I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isnt a…

— Valerie June

I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes, and a…

— David Byrne