Giving Quote by Will Oldham

I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really personal for me, that sort of creative outlet where…

— Jeremy Jordan

When you're writing a song with someone, it's a very personal process. The music has to be an organic experience, it can't be contrived,…

— Jarryd James

I'm always interested in hearing how other people read and react to my songs. I hadn't thought of it in just that way. One…

— Zooey Deschanel

It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore…

— Conor Oberst

People make songs so that somebody else will hear them and want to do them. I guess it's an indication that the songs aren't…

— Tom Waits

Writing and sharing music, it's a very vulnerable thing. Especially when you're in the public eye, people like to have ideas of what it…

— Rachel Zegler

Everyone writes in whatever way feels comfortable to them. People write songs because maybe they don't feel so comfortable talking about whatever matters.

— Courtney Barnett

It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They…

— Mark Foster

If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't be the…

— Jason Isbell

There are certain songs that are sacred. People want to hear them just as they are in their head; they don't want you messing…

— Keith Urban

I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing…

— El DeBarge

It is not disrespectful or offensive to refuse to sing a song that espouses views with which you actively disagree; it is simply being…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer