“People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from.” Quote by Paul Weller
“Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock” WantMeanStarsBecomingInstrumentsSongwritingSwim Author:Nick Mason
“For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.” MeanFantasticBreathingSongwritingJust Do ItWriting Songs Author:Adam Duritz
“All songs are living ghosts. And long for a living voice” LongSongVoiceGhostSongwriting Author:Brendan Kennelly
“If after two weeks you still can't write your middle-eight, the best course of action is to see a psychiatrist” IfsWritingStillsTwoActionCoursesWeekMiddleEightSongwritingTwo WeeksPsychiatrist Author:Ray Davies
“I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.” ThinkingEndsStarsFortunate Author:Phil Collins
“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear.” MovingTearsEarsLiftsSongwritingRemedyOrangeJuiceInspirational MusicOrange Juice Author:Oliver Sacks
“Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off” PeopleShouldMusicRocksDangerousRedSongwritingRock N RollCarpetRed Carpet Author:Gerard Way
“We wrote a song, while sitting on a trampoline & we loved it so much that we ended up recording it as a duet” SongSittingSongwritingDuetsTrampolines Author:Taylor Swift