“I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.” TryingSongNiceShapesChords Author:Jeff Lynne
“I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.” ThinkingWritingTryingYearsTogetherSongSeeingFitHealthyShapesRiversChordsFoldsLennon Author:Andrew Dost
“I sometimes try to write something that is actually really simple and I can't do it. So, then, it's not simple anymore. It's really hard and it gets all messed up. I sometimes sit down and try to write a song with just three chords and it doesn't work.” WritingTryingI CanSometimesHardSongThreeSimpleDown AndChordsMessed Up Author:Sondre Lerche
“Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity.” WritingTryingEndsSongParticularGuitarSpontaneousSequenceChordsHornsSpontaneityImprovisationPlaying Guitar Author:Van Morrison