“The downside of videos is that it will put my vision in front of other people, so they might not get the chance to create their own.” PeopleMightChanceVisionFrontsVideoSongwriting Author:Carole King
“As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.” VoiceClothesSingersHatsSongwriting Author:Carly Simon
“You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.” KnowsFunRecordsDogCreating Author:Phil Collins
“Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.” ImportantSuccessWorkPositionLikesSongwriting Author:Sarah Caldwell
“You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.” IfsKnowsWantCan DoSongwritingCowardlyMacgyver Author:Betty Carter
“I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart.” ThinkingWritingBelieveHeartFeelingsSongI BelieveSurfaceSongwritingDeep DownGood Writing Author:Judy Collins
“If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.” IfsSoulSongHappenedAliensSongwriting Author:Aretha Franklin
“Something good happened to my writing when I stopped being afraid to do something simple, for the fear that people might think I couldn't do something more complex. Don't be confused by the word simple. Simple is not easy, it is clear voiced, and fearlessly elegant.” PeopleThinkingWritingMightEasySimpleClearHappenedComplexesConfusedSongwritingElegantBeing Afraid Author:Carrie Newcomer
“Opportunities may come along for you to convert something - something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning of it.” MayMightOpportunitySongwriting Author:Bob Dylan
“A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but I don't see things that way. My own experience tells me that life is not like that. That's why I write the way I do.” PeopleWorldWayWritingSometimesLife IsCertainSongMy OwnSmartExperienceAssumingCivilizedSongwritingVery SmartFormality Author:Suzanne Vega