Character Quote by Zach Condon

Anyone involved with songwriting will testify to the fact that each song, no matter how pure or from the heart, has its own story,…

— C. Sigman

Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can. I tell the songwriter's story. When…

— Sharon Jones

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a…

— LP

My guitar player calls the process of writing lyrics based on another story, "filling up the well" when you can get inspiration from other…

— Lydia Loveless

The myriad of ways that a song can be interpreted is astounding to me, and it's part of the allure of writing.

— LP

I've never invested myself properly in trying to write stories. When I write lyrics, mostly I write each sentence separately on an index card…

— Jason Schwartzman

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

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write…

— Sheryl Crow

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 really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and…

— Debbie Harry

There's hundreds of different ways of writing songs.

— Mick Jagger

I tell the songwriter's story. When I read people's lyrics, I'm so amazed. I want to tell this story and make it part of…

— Sharon Jones