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Sometimes the best songs almost write themselves — Bill Anderson

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

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record ... So I was just writing songs. — Billy Sherwood

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music. — Ryan Tedder

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

I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs. — Terry Teachout

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women. — Billy Joel

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

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've been writing songs since I was 14 years old, and that's my true love. — Rick Springfield

People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them. — Bobby Womack

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

I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions! — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

To me, there are 3 parts of the album process: writing, recording, and my favorite part: getting to sing the songs with the fans every night. — Eric Hutchinson

The last thing you want to do is write songs about being in a band. — Matt Berninger

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me. — Stephan Jenkins

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'm enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back. — Delta Goodrem

Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else. — Benjamin Booker

I've just been recording mostly acoustic stuff, drums, and sax, and electric guitar. I'm just still writing songs and what not. — Phillip Phillips

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many ways you know. — PJ Harvey

Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall into place. — Steven Adler

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. — Billie Holiday

I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind. — Angel Olsen

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'm not really one to be on camera, I'd rather be writing songs. — Jon Foreman

You want songs to sound cohesive with the other songs on the record but when you first start writing you just want to write to tell the truth. — Jon Foreman

It would be so nice to write songs that end up being timeless. — Albert Hammond Jr.

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

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

I have been writing songs and poems since I was a little girl. I started writing short scripts, which evolved into the idea for a book. — Hilary Duff

I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
And if I'm being honest, I'm getting there — The Wonder Years

When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image. — Valerie June

I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird. — Ester Dean

My creative process involves reading books and magazines, writing outside, and moving around a lot. I like to pace around when I'm writing songs. — Judith Hill

I usually can be more honest writing songs than actually talking to people. — Joshua Radin

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked. — Gwen Stefani

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. — Joan Armatrading

I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind. — Solange Knowles

I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally. — Damian Marley

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs. — Richard Thompson

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

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs. — Shania Twain

I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done. — Chris Carmack

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

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

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

YEAH! It's really hard to write heart broken songs when you're happily married — Lights

My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason ... but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs just playing guitar for them. — David Pajo

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've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11. — Kris Kristofferson

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

Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house. — Devin Townsend

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me. — Austin Carlile

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

I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a niche yet, I'm just writing love songs. — Adele

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

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. — Tracy Chapman

I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too. — Jack Kerouac

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 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 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'm sick of being known as the sexy guy that writes great songs. — Tom DeLonge

I'm writing songs to perform, to entertain. And when I'm really trying to get inspired, I go backwards, and I just rap. — Mystikal

Sometimes words come easily and sometimes they don't. Most songs take me twenty minutes to write. — Jillian Hervey

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 like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet. — Tom Conti

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record. — Paul McCartney

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

Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars. — James Dean Bradfield

Well, I started writing songs about three years ago when I learned to play the guitar, but I've been singing since I was eleven. — Colbie Caillat

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

All songs are already perfectly written. It is the writer's job to find it and get it on paper. — Beth Nielsen Chapman

If prisons, freight trains, swamps, and gators don't get ya to write songs, man, y'ain't got no business writin' songs. — Ronnie Van Zant

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

When I was writing songs, I always thought I'd make more of a career out of the drawings, the comics even more than the music. — Daniel Johnston

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 love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs. — Barry Gibb

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

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work. — Burning Spear

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

If you want to grow in writing songs that will express the wonders of God, immerse yourself in God. — Tim Hughes

I started writing songs after I heard Hank Williams. — Bob Dylan

Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me. — Skylar Grey

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. — Chantal Kreviazuk

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air. — Steve Martin

When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there. — Becky G

I do like writing songs in a band. When it's rock, it's such a different kind of dynamic, obviously. — Colin Hay

It's been an objective of mine since I started writing songs to include both intellect and energy. — Greg Graffin

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

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

If Jennifer Lopez could write songs like Fiona Apple's, she wouldn't have to spend so many hours at the gym. — Shirley Manson

I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too! — Jackie Evancho

Writing songs and looking for ideas is like blinking my eyes. It's an involuntary muscle. I do it without thought. — Toby Keith

I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs. — Miley Cyrus

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