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I try to write from a really honest place when I write pop music and carry the song into a more deep and more symbolic visual — Lady G

Unfortunately I've been to jail a couple times. Anytime I come in it's difficult to make music, write songs. — Gucci Mane

I'm a bit of a book worm, so a lot of the songs I write are inspired by books. — Brooke Fraser

I watch movies and hang with my family, go shopping, love to cuddle with my dog, Happy, & write songs with my guitar! — Megan Lee

But I never want to get to the point where I write a safe song or one that represents my sense of a subject in order to appear civilized. — Suzanne Vega

I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about. — Warren Zevon

God," he mutters. "Most girls love it when I write them a song."
"Well, I'm not most girls," I snap at him — Emery Lord

I could write a song and her name would be the music. I could string, strum a guitar, and her body would be the melody. — Jasinda Wilder

I'd love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he's a great songwriter. — Taylor Momsen

And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate. — Taylor Swift

I didn't set out to write certain kinds of songs - I just set out to write good songs. — Madonna Ciccone

I get so mad about ex-boyfriends, but if a boy hurts me, I don't write a song about it. They don't deserve it! — Selena

I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs. — Anita Baker

I didn't really want to write just lyrics, but I wanted to meet Leonard Bernstein. Music was always the first reason I was writing songs. — Stephen Sondheim

I don't sit down to write a song, per se. — Creed Bratton

Self-editing is the way I write. Ten verses of a song and it's finished. Then we start playing it and if I see that it's too long, I'll start cutting. — Nick Cave

If you asked me to write a rock song or a rap song, I couldn't do it because they're not in my fingers. — Tom Lehrer

When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later. — Evan Dando

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about ... — Paul McCartney

I write a lot of songs about my impressions from a man's point of view. — Kool Keith

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song. — John Frusciante

I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it. — Erin McKeown

I want to write a song based on my own childbirth. Of course, this is all a bit premature. — Jarod Kintz

Not all the songs are real events, but I do write about stuff that is close to my heart and it comes out one way or another. — Matt Berninger

I write songs now I look at my strengths and I start there. In The Walkmen, we'd start with the live stuff. — Hamilton Leithauser

I think I've just gotten better at learning how to write a song. — Jonny Lang

Musically, I would never run dry. Any time I sit down to an instrument, I could write a song. — Joni Mitchell

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings. — Loretta Lynn

I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct. — Devendra Banhart

I can plunk out enough chords to write a song, but I'm completely afraid to play guitar in front of other people. It's a fear of failure, I guess. — Mandy Moore

I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college. — Brett Dennen

I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it. — Maya Angelou

I wanted to write a song about war and that classic 'We want you' recruitment style from the point of view of the recruiter. — Troye Sivan

I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs." — Chuck D

I haven't been able to write a song about flying. It just sounds cheesy. But for me, there's nothing like being up there. — Dexter Holland

I think if I could ever write with someone, I'd love to write a song with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton. — Jamie Lynn Spears

You aren't a nice cowboy. Are you going to break my heart so bad that I have to write a country song about it? — Carolyn Brown

Wade would never write you a song, but I've already written you three. — Cassia Leo

I know definitive points in my life and in relationships because of my songs. I write my music so that I'll never be bored of it. — Amy Winehouse

I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like. — Michael Gungor

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track. — PJ Harvey

People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher. — Cass McCombs

In the songs that I write, that's where I get to be really brave and outspoken. — Emily Kinney

Your testimony doesn't mean anything if it is not your testimony. So every song that I write it happened at one point in my life or another. — Mike Willis

I sort of just wrote the songs, the way I wanted to write them, sing them the way I wanted to sing them, perform the way I wanted to perform. — Johnny Reid

I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster. — Nick Cave

I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it. — Tracy Chapman

I feel guilty because I want to act more than I want to write songs. I'm a person who likes to transition; I like to grow. — Ester Dean

I'm really interested in starting to write my own songs. I never really did, but hopefully I will because I'm so interested in writing my own songs. — Danielle Bradbery

I usually write songs when I'm in a car by myself and it's
usually dangerous because I'm writin' and drivin' at the same time. — Ludacris

I've been trying to write really simple songs to make them sound like they're coming out of a satellite that's crashing into a gas giant or something. — Mark Linkous

I have yet to write that one song that defines my career. — Sheryl Crow

When I write, I'm writing as a fan, and trying to come up with songs that I would want to listen to. — Matt Smith

I write songs to handle emotional pain. I guess what they say is true: with every heartache comes a great song. I also pray and have great friends. — Matt Sorum

I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having. — Corey Smith

All the best songs are, I think, the easiest write because they just come out. — Benji Madden

I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe. — Paul McCartney

No song or poem will bear my mother's name. Yet so many of the stories that I write, that we all write, are my mother's stories. — Alice Walker

I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how. — Fiona Apple

I'd like to find a creative way to write a book that incorporates every Depeche Mode song ever. — David Crabb

I don't sit down and say I'm going to write a song about this or that. They are never mapped out. — John Darnielle

I don't just sit down and write all day, or the songs would be weird or stupid. They would be about different stupid thoughts that I go through. — Syleena Johnson

Do you think I'm wandering around all day thinking, 'I must write a song called 'Three Coins In The Fountain'?' Only an idiot would do that. — Sammy Cahn

Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion. — Ken Hill

I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record. — Smokey Robinson

I can write jingles all day long but the best sensation is your own heart's song! — Stanley Victor Paskavich

When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that never works. Every time that happens, I never write a hit song. — Benny Blanco

It's easiest to write songs when I'm either really in love or really mad at a guy. It's just always best when I'm feeling superemotional. — Avril Lavigne

Sometimes I write from personal experience, but so much depends on what mood I'm in. If I'm in a good mood, I'll write happier songs. — Orianthi

I feel like in every song I write, I always write a little darker bit. — Ladyhawke

What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song. — Paul McCartney

I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to me emotionally. — Alan Menken

I'm not sure if the next song I write is going to be about love or a song about a tree. — Tracy Chapman

If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort. — Adam Schlesinger

If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times. — Ayumi Hamasaki

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality. — Martin Gore

Sometimes, I do have something to say, so I'll sit there and I'll write a song to someone - and then I just throw it away because it makes me cringe. — Bradford Cox

Singing was probably my first love, and song writing. I write a lot of love songs and heartbreaking songs. — Nolan Sotillo

I'd rather write great songs because the word "commercial" is so subjective — Beth Nielsen Chapman

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on. — Stephen Stills

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record. — Billy Joel

Every time I'm home from tour I try to write some new songs, but it can get really hard trying to keep up with normal life, I always get so behind. — Tim Lambesis

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken. — Lucinda Williams

I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a stage anymore. — Jimi Hendrix

I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make a consistent sound in whatever way I can. — Leon Bridges

I can still write blues songs because I remember everything. — Eddie Vedder

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want. — John Lee Hooker

I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough. — Isaac Rosenberg

When I write I like to give equal justice to lyrics, too. I want the song to have meaning for me so I can make it have meaning for the audience. — Oliver

If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate. — Taylor Swift

I'll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves. — Melanie Martinez

I write poems for myself and I write poetry that gets torn apart and becomes songs. I have a lot of respect for words, the power of words. — Kurt Cobain

We all love to sing, and when we sit down to write a song I think it kind of shows itself to us. — Dave Haywood

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job. — Billy Joel

I was just writing songs because, if a song shows up, you've gotta write it. I didn't know what to do with them. I didn't have any faith in my voice. — Benmont Tench

Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know I've written a whole song in an hour. — Eminem

I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs. — Stephen Sondheim

I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done. — Bruce Springsteen

I suppose that being moved to write a song is more applicable to me, I have to be moved, I have to have a reason to write a particular song. — Neil Diamond

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 song that I need to sing. — Valerie June