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I'd say the music influences the writing - the music and rhythm of the prose - much more than the writing influences the music. — Rob Roberge

The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish. — Virgil Thomson

Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts. — Marianne Wiggins

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

If I switch showrunners and I get to stay on the show, I approach it like it's their show, and I'm here to write their music for them. — Bear McCreary

I let the music set the tone of the lyrics.I allowed myself to write more about relationships and emotions, in a girly way almost. — Jose Gonzalez

I generally write music first and then hum out the vocal. Sometimes I'll take a phrase that I use as a placeholder and just write around that. — Bucky Pope

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones. — Sefi Atta

As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing. — Sheryl Crow

I play music - I write my own music, but I play music, just background music really, and just let it happen. — Anthony Hopkins

A good poem contains both meaning and music — Eve Merriam

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative. — Jojo

So how do you do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my Earth is somebody's ceiling? — Sara Bareilles

My own goals center around writing the best music that I can, and only I can determine whether or not I've succeeded in accomplishing that. — Michael Hersch

The calligraphic letter is not entirely a letter,
but something that sits between writing and music — Abdelkebir Khatibi

When I write lyrics, it's only when I'm angry or hurt or sad. So lyrically it's never really easy going. And the music is always really intense. — Henry Rollins

Music resembles poetry, in each
Are nameless graces which no methods teach,
And which a master hand alone can reach. — Alexander Pope

I'm a very independent person, I love being alone, writing and doing music and stuff. — Julie Delpy

I am telling you what I know - words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them. — E.L. Doctorow

I have loved music since I was a little kid. I was always wanted to write the music I hear in my head and have it be shared with the world. — Jackson Harris

Just going through a lot in my life, becoming more confident in myself, writing my own music and just really getting in the studio and just doing it. — Paris Hilton

When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who can. — Jennifer Donnelly

I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting. — Kevin Schmidt

As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs. — Anthony Minghella

I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies. — Alanis Morissette

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it. — Van Morrison

I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active. — Billy Joel

Just a reminder, if you tell anyone about what happened with Jonah last night, I'll destroy all of my writing and never play music again. — Bob Dylan

Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem. — Conrad Hall

I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create. — Michael Jackson

My singing is my hobby. It's me and my brother. We just enjoy writing music. — Taryn Manning

Music is a language - and language, at its finest, should be music. — T.L. Rese

When it comes to me, I just write the most beautiful music I can, I do the best work I can, and then I hand it out there. — Barry Manilow

In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. — Joni Mitchell

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live. — Anthony Hamilton

Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing. — Yanni

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea. — St. Lucia

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception. — Jimmy Carl Black

You write music for yourself and if you just open that door and let people in, the audience is going to grow and it's going to become more accessible. — Yukimi Nagano

What do you think happens to a composer who is sincere and loves to write and has to wait thirty years to have someone play a piece of his music? — Charles Mingus

My hobbies are reading, writing, listening to music and dancing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm pretty much living my dream job, but one day I would love to dedicate more time to writing and performing my own music. — Kendall Schmidt

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it. — Margaret Cho

Writing is the action of thinking, just as drawing is the action of seeing and composing music is the action of hearing. — Brenda Ueland

Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write. — Yannis Philippakis

When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true. — Lily Allen

Writing a poem is making music with words and space. — Arnold Adoff

I still write music, and I still have sessions, and I still record, but I have no plans. — Gerard Way

I like to write music for fun. That's my hustle, my grind, my means of stayin' alive, and it's also my recreation, too. — Rick Ross

It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing ... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking. — David Longstreth

I don't care about wearing branded clothes or flaunting brands. But I do care about the books that I read and the music that I listen to. — Avijeet Das

I was born to play football, just like Beethoven was born to write music and Michelangelo was born to paint. — Pele

I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you can let yourself play music. — Yann Tiersen

I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music. — Zach Condon

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter. — Miranda Lambert

Music is my longtime friend. And I could never betray it. I listen to music while I'm writing. — Haruki Murakami

Why would anyone pay for writing anymore when there's Facebook and why would anyone pay for music anymore when there's YouTube. — Lisa Bedrick

Writing music is sort of my hobby, but it's been falling off more and more. Doing comic books takes up my entire life. — Bryan Lee O'Malley

Creating records and writing music with people I admire and respect is a very spiritual and enlightening thing for me. — Chuck Ragan

To all companies please stop using Xmas songs and inserting your own lyrics. Write your own music. I am boycotting you until you stop. — Bill Engvall

I do play the guitar, but I do it for fun. And I am terrible at writing music as well. I have tried and failed, horribly. — Jamie Blackley

The devil had not only acquired a monopoly of the good music and the good fun, but has of late acquired a controlling interest in the good writing. — Ambrose Bierce

I like photography and I write; I also write music. One day I would like to direct [films] as well . — Zoe Kravitz

It's very weird to write a song in your apartment and then realize that this random person knows all the words to it. — Toby Lightman

Music pulls words from the heart and inspires brilliance. — Court Young

Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven. — Angel Olsen

I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again. — DJ Shadow

And I think: I could do this. Fuck writing a book about a fat girl and a dragon. I could be a music journalist, instead. — Caitlin Moran

I actually can't listen to music and write poetry at the same time, but I do kind of think about the music I've been listening to when I write. — Shane McCrae

I write and perform for the feeling it gives me, and the experience of being connected with a room full of people to the vibration of music — Michael Tolcher

I began writing with a Michael Buble mentality. I think he's fantastic, and it's the perfect music for any date night, ever. — Joe Jonas

I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. — Brendan Fletcher

I've realized that I have a lot of different loves, and I want to pursue writing, but I can never divorce myself from music. — Carrie Brownstein

I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing. — Yann Tiersen

I've been writing and making my own music for a long time. — Patti Scialfa

Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new instruments and in new scales. — Harry Partch

I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and to reach the masses. — Michael Jackson

Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software. — Yukihiro Matsumoto

At the end of the day, we have to write music that makes us happy and the day that we stop loving what we do ... we'll quit. — Caleb Followill

And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing. — Sarah McLachlan

If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart. — Terry Brooks

What does it mean to not be alone? I've approached that question through music, technology, writing and other means. — Jaron Lanier

Literature is painting, architecture, and music. — Yevgeny Zamyatin

I don't like to write music by myself anymore. It's boring. I want the jamming, the push and pull, and the excitement that comes with it. — Nikki Sixx

I don't just strictly sample. I build. I'm a musician: I play piano and drums, I read notes, I write music. — AraabMuzik

I can't imagine ever not making music, making albums, writing songs, doing shows. That's all I really know, and that's all I really do. — Pixie Lott

I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and writing and sculpting and classical music. — Philippe Petit

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

Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. — Bill Hicks

Writing music is my one and only passion and joy. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

How lucky is the man who, like Mozart and others, goes to the tavern of an evening and writes some fresh music. For he lives while he is creating. — Johannes Brahms

Play and write music the way you want the world to be. — Wayne Shorter

Poetry is the mathematics of writing and closely kin to music. — John Steinbeck

I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music. — Max Schneider

I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write. — John D. MacDonald

We all decided that from the start, me and Richey can't write music but we can write lyrics and look pretty tarty. — Nicky Wire

Rock n roll is what I would die for, but I love music and I love exploring, taking the challenge of playing, writing or singing ... or producing. — Andrew Taylor

Just me, my music, and the voices in my head. — Christie Silvers

It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it. — Mark Mothersbaugh

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film. — Amy Lee