Bits Quote by Vienna Teng

Yeah, once the song is written, it just complexifies the profile of it to have the music and the words at odds. It comes…

— David Berman

You get to thinking that because you've written 50 or 100 songs, you think maybe you know how to do it. But when they're…

— John Prine

There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on…

— Van Morrison

Songwriting is like working on a jigsaw puzzle, and it doesn't make any sense until you find that last piece. It has to make…

— Chrissie Hynde

With every song, all the elements have to work. First, the beat has to be great - you start there. You start with the…

— Eminem

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

— Jann Klose

It all comes together. It's - that's the way it's always worked for me with songwriting.

— Tracy Chapman

It's funny: I look at songs, and I guess they each tell a story, and the different songs talk about different things. But they're…

— Dianne Reeves

The chemistry of making the songs is often about being inspired by each other and responding intuitively.

— Joe Goddard

When I write a song, that process is sort of entwined with a lyric or a chord progression that suits the vibe, and that'll…

— Michelle Zauner

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

When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction.…

— Juliana Hatfield